1. Surasena. One of the sixteen Mahájanapadá (q.v.). It is mentioned with Maccha, and was located in the south of the Kuru country. Its capital was Mathurá. It is famous in the Epics and the Puránas because of its connection with Krsna, and the Yádavas.
2. Surasena. A city in the time of Siddhattha Buddha, where the Bodhisatta was born as the brahmin Mangala. BuA.187.