Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

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vihāradevī
  1. vihāra

    dwelling; residence; monastery; hut; abode

  2. devī

    goddess; female divinity; a queen among the gods

Encyclopedia

  • Wife of King Kākavaṇṇa Tissa and mother of Duṭṭhagāmaṇī and Saddhā Tissa, originally named Devī, daughter of the king of Kalyāṇī, who was cast adrift at sea and later took her name from the monastery near which she came ashore.

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