AhipÄraka
Commander-in-chief and friend and counsellor of Sivi, King of Ariá¹á¹hapura. —
They had been to TakkasilÄ together and were friends from boyhood.
AhipÄraka’s wife was UmmadantÄ« of ravishing beauty.
Their story is given in the UmmadantÄ« JÄtaka (J.v.209ff).
In the present age he was Sariputta (J.v.227).
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