Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.303
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.303
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Pañcālī.—Wife of Esukārī, king of Benares. When Esukārī longed for wealth, she showed him the folly of covetousness and persuaded him to become an ascetic, later entering to ascetic life herself. The story is related in the Hatthipāla Jātaka (q.v.). Pañcālī is identified with Mahāmāyā.¹ The scholiast says² that she was called Pañcālī because she was the daughter of the Pañcāla king.