Kuveṇī
PersonAlso known as Kuvaṇṇā
위자야가 스리랑카에 도착했을 때 아내로 맞은 야카 처녀로, 그녀의 도움으로 그곳에 살던 야카들을 몰살시켰으나, 후에 왕가의 신부를 위해 그녀를 버렸고, 이후 그녀와 두 자녀는 도망쳤다가 결국 살해되었으며 그 후손이 풀린다족이 되었다.
v.l. Kuvaṇṇā.– A yakkha maiden, whom Vijaya married on his arrival in Sri Lanka. With her assistance he killed the yakkhas at their feast in Sirīsivatthu. Later Vijaya discarded her in favour of a royal maiden from Madhurā, and she left, with her two children Jīvahattha and Dipellā, for Laṅkāpura, where she was slain as a spy. Her children fled to Malaya and their descendants became the Pulindas (Mhv.vii.9-68).
Kuvaṇṇā had as companion a slave called Sisapātī (Siṃsapātikā). MT.255.
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