Pasenadi

Pasenadi
Raja
Prasenajit of Kosala pays a visit to Buddha
King of Kosala
Reign	534 BCE
Predecessor	Sanjaya Mahākosala
Successor	Viḍūḍabha
Queen	Mallika of Kosala
Issue	Jeta, Virudhaka, Princess Vajira
Dynasty	Ikshvaku
Father	Sanjaya Mahākosala

Pasenadi (Pali: पसेनदि, romanized: Pasenadi; Sanskrit: प्रसेनजित्, romanized: Prasenajit; c. 6th century BCE) was an Aikṣvāka ruler of Kosala. Sāvatthī was his capital. He succeeded after Sanjaya Mahākosala.^[2] He was a prominent Upāsaka (lay follower) of Gautama Buddha, and built many Buddhist monasteries for the Buddha.