[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c12.2749 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2749 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.2749 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.2749](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2749) \*\*Kuvaṇṇā.\*\*—A Yakkha maiden, whom Vijaya married on his arrival in Ceylon. With her assistance he killed the Yakkhas at their feast in Sirīsivatthu. Later Vijaya discarded her in favour of a royal maiden from Madhurā, and she left, with her two children Jīvahattha and Dipellā, for Laṅkāpura, where she was slain as a spy. Her children fled to Malaya and their descendants became the Pulindas.¹ Kuvaṇṇā had as companion a slave called Sīsapāti (Sīsapātikā).² \*v.l.\* Kuveṇī. - [Previous: v1.c12.2748](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2748) - [Next: v1.c12.2750](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2750) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2749](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2749) · Pramāṇa