Cetiyā
PersonA yakkhinī of Dhūmarakkha mountain whom Paṇḍukābhaya captured, after a long chase in which she took the form of a mare, and then rode into battle where she aided him.
A yakkhinī who lived in the Dhūmarakkha mountain near Tumbariyaṅgana.
Paṇḍukābhaya, hearing of her, tried to capture her, but succeeded only after a very long and strenuous chase, in which she assumed the form of a mare. He rode her into battle, where she helped him in various ways (Mhv.x.53 ff). The Mahāvaṃsa-Ṭīkā, Vamsatthappakāsinī, (p.289) says she was the wife of the yakkha Jutindhara, who fell in the battle of Sirīsavatthu.
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