Pāli Dictionary

Susīmā

Person

시하바후와 시하시왈리의 어머니로 왕가국 왕의 딸. 전설에 따르면 사자와 결합했고 그 자손이 싱할라 민족의 조상이 되었다고 한다.

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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