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Kuveṇī
Personヴィジャヤがスリランカ到着時に娶ったヤッカの娘で、彼女の助けを借りて土地のヤッカたちを皆殺しにしたが、後に王家の花嫁のために彼女を捨て、その後彼女と二人の子は逃亡してついに殺害され、その子孫がプリンダ族となった。
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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