The content of the poem, based on an old Buddhist legend from the Avadānaśataka, is quite unique. King Kapphina's triumph is in fact a military defeat, because he loses the decisive battle against the Kośala king Prasenajit whose kingdom he had intended to conquer. This happens because Prasenajit is saved by the miraculous power of the Buddha in the very last moment. This impresses King Kapphiņa and leads to his spiritual awakening and conversion to the doctrine of the Buddha. In the last consequence the Kapphiņābhyudaya can be called a pacifistic poem.
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