Kosala Devi
{{short description|First wife of king Bimbisara}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox royalty
| image =
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| succession = Queen Consort of Magadha
| predecessor = Unknown
| dynasty = Haryanka (by marriage)
Ikshvaku (by birth)
| title = Princess of Kashi
| father = King Maha-Kosala
| successor = Vajira
| spouse = Bimbisara
| issue = Ajatashatru
| religion = Buddhism
}}
Kosala Devī was Queen consort of Magadha as the first wife of King Bimbisara (558–491 BC). She was born a princess of Kashi and was the sister of King Prasenajit. Her first name is Bhadra-śrī.{{cite web | url=https://cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw/zh/T0632 | title=Cbeta 線上閱讀 }}
Life
Kosala Devī was born to the King of Kosala, Maha-Kosala. She was the sister of King Prasenajit who succeeded her father as the ruler of Kosala. She was married to King Bimbisara, and brought the city of Kashi as dowry in the marriage.{{sfn|Upinder Singh|2016|p=271}} She became his principal queen.
Buddhist tradition makes Ajatashatru a son of hers;http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/BDLM/sutra/chi_pdf/sutra9/T15n0634.pdf the Jain tradition make him a son of her husband's second wife, Chellana.{{cite book|last=Rapson|first=Edward James|title=The Cambridge History of India|year=1955|publisher=CUP Archive|page=183}} Her niece, Princess Vajira, the daughter of Pasenadi (Prasenjit) was given in marriage to Ajatashatru.
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.{{cite book|last=Hemchandra|first=Raychaudhuri|title=Political History Of Ancient India|year=2006|publisher=Genesis Publishing|page=170}}
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- {{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 |year=2016 |isbn=978-81-317-1677-9 |ref={{sfnref|Upinder Singh|2016}} }}
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Category:Queens consort of Magadha