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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c18.120

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c18.120

- **Language:** English

### [v1.c18.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.120)

\*\*Jambāvatī.\*\*—A caṇḍālī, mother of King Sivi and wife of Vāsudeva of the Kaṇhāyanagotta. Vāsudeva saw her on his way to the park from Dvāravatī, and, in spite of her birth, married her and made her his chief queen.¹

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