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Kuveṇī
Person毗阇耶抵达斯里兰卡后所娶的一位夜叉女,助他歼灭当地夜叉,后却被他为迎娶王族之女而抛弃,她与两个孩子出逃后终遭杀害,后代成为普林达族。
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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