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Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.1318

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.1318

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Uppalavaṇṇā's name occurs several times in the *Jātakas*. In the Kharādiya Jātaka¹³ she was a deer, the sister of the Bodhisatta; in the Tipallatthamiga Jātaka¹⁴ she was the mother of Rāhula, then born as a stag. She is identified with the old woman, the foster-mother of Ayyakāla-ka,¹⁵ with the queen Mudulakkhaṇā,¹⁶ the brahminee in the Sārambha,¹⁷ the courtesan in the Kurudhamma,¹⁸ the brahmin's daughter (and sister of Rāhula) in the Dhonasākha,¹⁹ Siridevī in the Sirikāla-kaṇṇi,²⁰ the goddess in the Bhisapuppha,²¹ Manoja's sister in the Manoja,²² the ascetic's daughter in the Kumbhakāra,²³ the deity in the Jāgarajā,²⁴ in the Saṅkha,²⁵ and in the Kiñchanda,²⁶ the sister in the Bhisa,²⁷ Sutanā in the Rohantamiga,²⁸ the younger sister in the Jayad-disa,²⁹ Kuṇḍalinī in the Tesakuṇa,³⁰ Ummadantī in the Ummadantī,³¹ Hiridevatā in the Sudhābhojana,³² the goddess of the parasol in the Mūgapakkha,³³ the ocean spirit in the Mahājanaka,³⁴ the goddess in the Sāma,³⁵ Selā in the Khaṇḍahāla,³⁶ Accimukhī in the Bhūridatta,³⁷ Bherī in the Mahā-ummagga³⁸ and Kaṇhajinā in the Vessantara.³⁹