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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3046

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3046

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### [v1.c6.3046](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3046)

Alambusā.—The nymph sent by Sakka to tempt the sage Isisiṅga, as related in the Alambusā Jātaka. In the present age she was the wife of the monk with reference to whom the Alambusā Jātaka was related.¹ Her name appears in the Vimānavatthu² in a list of nymphs who minister with song and dance to Sakka and his queens.

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