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Sumanadevī3

Person

A step-sister of King Khallāṭanāga whose three sons, after their conspiracy against the king failed, threw themselves into a fire on the spot where the Abhayagiri stupa now stands.

Step-sister of Khallāṭanāga. She had three sons — Tissa, Abhaya, and Uttara who conspired against the king. On the failure of their conspiracy, they jumped into the fire on the spot where now stands the Abhayagiri-cetiya. MT. 612.

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