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Pasenadi or Prasenajit (; ;) was a 6th or 5th century BCE Ikshvaku dynasty ruler of Kosala, where Shravasti was his capital. He succeeded after .Raychaudhuri H. (1972). Political History of Ancient India, Calcutta: University of Calcutta, pp.90,176 As a king, he was a prominent or lay follower of Gautama Buddha, and built many Buddhist monasteries for the Buddha.
During Pasenadi's reign, a Mallaka named Bandhula who had received education in Takṣaśilā, had offered his services as a general to the Kauśalya king so as to maintain the good relations between the Mallakas and Kosala. Later, Bandhula, along with his wife Mallikā, violated the sacred tank of the Licchavikas, which resulted in armed hostilities between the Kauśalya and the Licchavikas. Bandhula was later treacherously murdered along with his sons by Pasenadi. In retaliation, some Mallakas helped Pasenadi's son Virudhaka usurp the throne of Kosala to avenge the death of Bandhula, after which Pasenadi fled from Kosala and died in front of the gates of the Māgadhī capital of Rajgir.
The Puranas instead of mention the name of Kṣudraka as his successor.Misra, V. S. (2007). Ancient Indian Dynasties, Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, , pp.287-8
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