![]() ![]() ![]() Considering that as yet no Maurya prince had disobeyed the chief of the house, and unwilling to set a bad example, he stoutly put out his eyesight with a hot iron". Kunala, therefore, seized the letter and read the cruel sentence of his father. The clerk in Ujjayini was so shocked by the contents of this letter that he was unable to read it aloud to the prince. Without rereading the letter, the king sealed and dispatched it. She secretly put a dot over the letter 'a', which changed the word to Andheetaam - Meaning "He(Kunala) must be blinded". One of Ashoka's wives who wanted to secure the succession to her own son, being then present, took up the letter to read it. When the prince was eight years old, the king wrote (in Prakrit) to the tutors and mentioned the word:Īdheetaam - Meaning "He(Kunala) must study"(Context: Kunala should begin his studies). At the age of eight, Ashoka sent his son to Ujjain, to be brought up and carry out his princely education, to become the heir to the throne of the Mauryan Empire. Due to this, Asandhimitra is often mistaken to be his birth mother. Early life ĭue to the death of his birth mother, Padmavati, within a few months of his birth, he was raised by Ashoka's chief queen consort Asandhimitra, who loved him like her own son. Kunala also means "bird with beautiful eyes", "someone who sees beauty in everything" or "one with beautiful eyes". ![]()
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