Pāli Dictionary

Susīmā

Person

シーハバーフとシーハシーヴァリーの母で、ヴァンガ王の娘。伝説では獅子と結ばれ、その子孫がシンハラ民族の祖先になったとされる。

Mother of Sīhabāhu and Sīhasīvali.

She was the daughter of the king of Vaṅga, and is said to have consorted with a Lion.

The descendants of this union became the Sīhalā. Dpv.ix.2 f; cf. Mhv.vi.1 ff.

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