Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.3351

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Korabya, Koravya, Korabba.—Perhaps the generic name given to the king of the Kurūs (*cf.* Brahmadatta). Once in the Jātakas Koravya is given as the name of the king of Indapatta in the Kuru country, this king being the father of Sutasoma.¹ Elsewhere² Koravya appears as a title of Dhanañjaya, king of the Kurūs. Koravya may also have been used as an adjective, for we find it explained as *Kururaṭṭhavāsika*.³ The Koravya king probably belonged to the Yudhiṭṭhilagotta.⁴ The *Aṅguttara Nikāya*⁵ mentions a king Koravya who owned a large banyan tree named Suppatiṭṭha. According to the *Raṭṭhapāla Sutta*,⁶ in the Buddha's day, too, the ruler of Kuru was called Koravyarājā, and he owned a park which seems to have been called Migācīra (*q.v.*). This king was evidently interested in religious discussion. Thullakoṭṭhika was his capital. The *Avadānaśataka* speaks of a Kauravya of Thullakoṭṭhika.