Vāruṇī
Person물의 신 바루나(Varuṇa)를 두려워하며 섬기는 노예 여성들에게 붙여진 이름으로, 어느 자타카 구절에서는 대신 야차에 씐 점쟁이로 설명된다.
The name given to slave women, attendants of Varuṇa. They live in dread of him. J.vi.500, 501. At J.vi.586 (in the Vessantara Jātaka) Vāruṇī is explained as “Vāruṇīvā’ti yakkhāviṭṭhā ikkhaṇikā,” — fortune tellers possessed by a yakkha — the yakkha being perhaps Varuṇa.
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