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Full Story:It was based on the life of Amrapali (Ambapali),the nagarvadhu (royal courtesan) of Vaishali,the capital of the Licchavi republic in ancient India around 500 BC and Ajatashatru,the king of the Magadha empire,who falls in love with her. Though he destroys Vaishali to get her,she in the meantime has been transformed by her encounter with Gautama Buddha,of whom she becomes a disciple and an Arahant herself. Her story finds mention in old Pali texts and Buddhist traditions

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