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Chetaka
Chetaka (Sanskrit: Ceṭaka) or Chedaga (Sanskrit: Ceḍaga) was the consul (gana mukhya) of the Licchavi republic during the 5th century BCE.
Ceṭaka was the son of Keka and Yaśomatī, he belonged to the Haihaya clan and he had a sister named Trishala.
Ceḍaga was one of the nine elected rājās ("rulers") of the Council of the Licchavi tribe, which was the supreme authority of the Licchavikas' gaṇasaṅgha (aristocratic republic) administration, of which he was the head. As the leader of the Licchavika Council, Ceḍaga was also the Gaṇa Mukhya ("chief of the republic"), that is, the elected consul of the republic, which also made him the head of the Vajjika League led by the Licchavikas.
Ceṭaka contracted several diplomatic marriages between members of his family and the leaders of other republics and kingdoms. One such marriage was the one between his sister, Trisalā, and the Nāyika Gaṇa Mukhya Siddhārtha, which was contracted because of Siddhārtha's political importance due to its important geographical location close to Vesālī of the Nāya tribe he headed, as well as due to Siddhārtha's membership in the Vajjika Council. Siddhārtha and Trisalā had a son, Mahāvīra, who became the 24th Jain Tīrthaṅkara.
Other marital alliances concluded by Ceṭaka included the marriages of his daughters:
Ceṭaka became an adept of the teachings of his nephew Mahāvīra and adopted Jainism, thus making the Licchavika and Vajjika's capital of Vesālī a centre of Jainism. Ceṭaka's sixth daughter, Sujyeṣṭhā, became a Jain nun. The marriages of Ceṭaka's daughters to various leaders, in turn, contributed to the spreading of Jainism across northern South Asia.
Ceṭaka's favourable attitude towards Jainism was why Buddhist sources did not pay notice to him, since he used his power to support the 'Jainism' in his country.
Relations between the Licchavikas and their southern neighbour, theKingdom of Magadha, were initially good, with the wife of the Māgadhī king Bimbisāra being the Vesālia princess Vāsavī, who was the daughter of the Licchavika Nāyaka Sakala's son Siṃha. There were nevertheless occasional tensions between Licchavi and Magadha, such as competition with the Mallaka capital of Kusinārā over acquiring the relics of the Buddha after his death.
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Chetaka
Chetaka (Sanskrit: Ceṭaka) or Chedaga (Sanskrit: Ceḍaga) was the consul (gana mukhya) of the Licchavi republic during the 5th century BCE.
Ceṭaka was the son of Keka and Yaśomatī, he belonged to the Haihaya clan and he had a sister named Trishala.
Ceḍaga was one of the nine elected rājās ("rulers") of the Council of the Licchavi tribe, which was the supreme authority of the Licchavikas' gaṇasaṅgha (aristocratic republic) administration, of which he was the head. As the leader of the Licchavika Council, Ceḍaga was also the Gaṇa Mukhya ("chief of the republic"), that is, the elected consul of the republic, which also made him the head of the Vajjika League led by the Licchavikas.
Ceṭaka contracted several diplomatic marriages between members of his family and the leaders of other republics and kingdoms. One such marriage was the one between his sister, Trisalā, and the Nāyika Gaṇa Mukhya Siddhārtha, which was contracted because of Siddhārtha's political importance due to its important geographical location close to Vesālī of the Nāya tribe he headed, as well as due to Siddhārtha's membership in the Vajjika Council. Siddhārtha and Trisalā had a son, Mahāvīra, who became the 24th Jain Tīrthaṅkara.
Other marital alliances concluded by Ceṭaka included the marriages of his daughters:
Ceṭaka became an adept of the teachings of his nephew Mahāvīra and adopted Jainism, thus making the Licchavika and Vajjika's capital of Vesālī a centre of Jainism. Ceṭaka's sixth daughter, Sujyeṣṭhā, became a Jain nun. The marriages of Ceṭaka's daughters to various leaders, in turn, contributed to the spreading of Jainism across northern South Asia.
Ceṭaka's favourable attitude towards Jainism was why Buddhist sources did not pay notice to him, since he used his power to support the 'Jainism' in his country.
Relations between the Licchavikas and their southern neighbour, theKingdom of Magadha, were initially good, with the wife of the Māgadhī king Bimbisāra being the Vesālia princess Vāsavī, who was the daughter of the Licchavika Nāyaka Sakala's son Siṃha. There were nevertheless occasional tensions between Licchavi and Magadha, such as competition with the Mallaka capital of Kusinārā over acquiring the relics of the Buddha after his death.