Okkāka2
PersonA king of Kusāvatī in the Malla country whose chief queen Sīlavatī bore two sons, Kusa and Jayampati, said to have been fathered by Sakka, as told in a well-known Jātaka.
King of Kusāvatī in the Malla country. He had sixteen thousand wives, the chief of whom was Sīlavatī. As a result of her consorting with Sakka, two sons were born, Kusa and Jayampati.
The story is related in the Kusa Jātaka. J.v.278 ff.
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