bimbisAra
Bimbisāra (= Pali id. ; mss. sometimes Bimba° , Divy 145.24 f. ; 146.10 ; 545.6 ; Av i.2.7 ; Waldschmidt, Kl. Skt. Texte 4 , 114 n. 1 ; 121.2 etc. ; text Bimbāsārasuta = Ajātaśatru Mmk 602.23 ), n. of a king of Magadha in Buddhaʼs time, father of Ajātaśatru: he is oftenest called Śreṇiya (or Śreṇya, Śreṇika ) Bi°, see these names, which are always accompanied by Bi° except in Mvy 3652 where Śreṇika occurs alone, Bimbisāra in 3647 (in the same list); but Bimbisāra also occurs often alone, Mv ii.2.9 ; LV 241.7, 9 ; 407.8, 10 ; Divy 253.24 ; 269.9 ; 369.8 ; 392.1 ; 393.28 ; 545.6 ff. ; Av i.2.7 ; 107.6 ff. ; 290.4 ff. ; 307.6 ff. ; 319.6 ff. ; 326.12 ff. ; in the mss. of Mv the name is also written °śāla and °śāra ( i.254.15 ; 256.14, 17 ; 257.9 , etc. ); Mmk 602.23 (above).