Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

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kuveṇī
  1. ku

    earth; ground (a commentarial term mostly used to explain compounds with ‘ku-’)

  2. veṇī

    (of hair) a braid or plait

Encyclopedia

Kuveṇī
Person
  • A yakkha maiden whom Vijaya married on arriving in Sri Lanka and with whose help he slaughtered the resident yakkhas, only to discard her later for a royal bride, after which she and her two children fled and were eventually slain, their descendants becoming the Pulindas.

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