The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c32.17

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² It is usually supposed that the Yakkhas in this legend represent the aboriginal Väḍḍas, as apparently is the case in the history of Paṇḍukābhaya (*Mhv.* x). But the legend of Kuvaṇṇā is strictly myth, being remarkably like that of Circe; and it seems likely that the Yakkhas in it arose from the same source.