# Kosala Devi

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{{short description|First wife of king Bimbisara}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
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| image        = 
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| succession   = Queen Consort of [Magadha](/source/Haryanka_dynasty)
| predecessor  = Unknown
| dynasty      = [Haryanka](/source/Haryanka_dynasty) (by marriage)<br>[Ikshvaku](/source/Ikshvaku_dynasty) (by birth)
| title        = Princess of [Kashi](/source/K%C4%81%C5%9B%C4%AB_(kingdom))
| father       = King Maha-Kosala
| successor    = [Vajira](/source/Princess_Vajira)
| spouse       = [Bimbisara](/source/Bimbisara)
| issue        = [Ajatashatru](/source/Ajatashatru)
| religion     = [Buddhism](/source/Buddhism)
}}
'''Kosala Devī''' was [Queen consort](/source/Queen_consort) of [Magadha](/source/Haryanka_dynasty) as the first wife of King [Bimbisara](/source/Bimbisara) (558–491 BC). She was born a princess of [Kashi](/source/Kingdom_of_Kashi) and was the sister of King [Prasenajit](/source/Pasenadi). Her first name is Bhadra-śrī.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw/zh/T0632 | title=Cbeta 線上閱讀 }}</ref>

==Life==
Kosala Devī was born to the King of Kosala, Maha-Kosala. She was the sister of King [Prasenajit](/source/Pasenadi) who succeeded her father as the ruler of Kosala. She was married to King Bimbisara, and brought the city of [Kashi](/source/Varanasi) as dowry in the marriage.{{sfn|Upinder Singh|2016|p=271}} She became his principal queen. 

Buddhist tradition makes [Ajatashatru](/source/Ajatashatru) a son of hers;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/BDLM/sutra/chi_pdf/sutra9/T15n0634.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 November 2022 |archive-date=12 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612223921/http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/BDLM/sutra/chi_pdf/sutra9/T15n0634.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [Jain](/source/Jain) tradition make him a son of her husband's second wife, Chellana.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rapson|first=Edward James|title=The Cambridge History of India|year=1955|publisher=CUP Archive|page=183}}</ref> Her niece, [Princess Vajira](/source/Princess_Vajira), the daughter of Pasenadi (Prasenjit) was given in marriage to Ajatashatru.<ref name=Raychaudhuri/>

When her husband Bimbisara died at the hands of his own son Ajatashatru, Queen Kosala Devi has said to have died of grief out of her love for her husband. The government revenues of an estate in Kashi had been settled upon by her father as pin money on her marriage. At her death, the payment of course ceased. Ajatashatru then invaded Kashi.<ref name=Raychaudhuri>{{cite book|last=Hemchandra|first=Raychaudhuri|title=Political History Of Ancient India|year=2006|publisher=Genesis Publishing|page=170}}</ref>

==References==
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===Sources===
*{{citation |last=Singh |first=Upinder |author-link=Upinder Singh |title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq2iCwAAQBAJ |publisher=[Pearson](/source/Pearson_PLC) |year=2016 |isbn=978-81-317-1677-9 |ref={{sfnref|Upinder Singh|2016}} }}

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Category:Haryanka dynasty
Category:Kosala princesses
Category:6th-century BC women
Category:Indian Buddhists
Category:Queens consort of Magadha
Category:Ancient queens consort
Category:Ancient Indian women

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