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Alambusā

Person

《Alambusā 本生》中帝釋派遣去引誘仙人 Isisiṅga 的天女,今世為該本生故事緣起之比丘的妻子。

The nymph sent by Sakka to tempt the sage Isisiṅga, as related in the Alambusā Jātaka.

In the present age she was the wife of the monk with reference to whom the Alambusā Jātaka was related (J.v.152-61).

Her name appears in the Vimānavatthu (p.16, v.10. See also CSB.29, Pl.15) in a list of nymphs who minister with song and dance to Sakka and his queens.

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