Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

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ummadantī
  1. ummaummā

    flax, linseed (Linum usitatissimum), especially its flower

  2. dantī

    having teeth/tusks; (as a noun) a tusker, an elephant

Encyclopedia

Ummadantī
Person

  • The strikingly beautiful daughter of the banker Tirīṭavaccha of Ariṭṭhapura, whose rejected marriage to King Sivi (the Bodhisatta) later provoked a passionate but ultimately restrained infatuation from him.

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