Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.480
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.480
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Accimukhī.—A nāga princess, daughter of Dhataraṭṭha, the nāga king. She was half-sister to the Bodhisatta Bhūridatta and helped his brother Sudassana to rescue the Bodhisatta from the clutches of the snake-charmer Ālambāna. She could shoot flames from her mouth and spit the deadliest poison. The story is related in the Bhūridatta Jātaka.¹ In the present age she was the bkikkhunī Uppalavaṇṇā² (*v.l.* Accimukhī).