Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

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kañcanadevī
  1. kañcana

    gold

  2. devī

    goddess; female divinity; a queen among the gods

Encyclopedia

2 entries

  • A daughter of the king of Bārāṇasī and sister of the Bodhisatta Mahākāñcana, who renounced the world with her brothers and was a past life of Uppalavaṇṇā.

  • A daughter of the king of Devaputta whose radiant birth was marked by falling jewels, and who, in a past life, subdued the passion of an infatuated Nāga king through her unshaken virtue.

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