The constellation
P16 End of king's reign
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The same sky, in words
beneath it
- King (prince) retires from the world (becomes hermit, swineherd) · P16.1 entry
- King must resign if maimed (disfigured) · P16.2 entry
- King killed when old · P16.3 entry
- Persons buried with dead king · P16.4 entry
- Shavings of spear which killed king cast into cataract · P16.5 entry
- Kings worshipped after their death · P16.6 entry
- King slain by "his own household" in revenge for deposing his father · P16.7 entry
- Land where every raja dies; if he rules for a day he dies that night; if he rules for a night, he dies that day · P16.8 entry
- King's coffin sunk into river · P16.9 entry