Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s17.455

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Dovai (Draupadī) Daughter of King Duvaya and his queen Culaṇī(1) of Kampillapura in Pamcāla country ¹ Prince Dhaṭṭhajjuṇa was her brother ² She was Sukumāliyā(1) in her previous birth ³ She chose Juhitthilla Bhīmasena(1) Ajjuṇa(2) Naula and Sahadeva the five Pamḍavas five sons of king Pamḍu of Hatthināura as her husbands in a svayamvara and married them on account of her nidana in her previous birth She was kidnapped by king Paumaṇābha(3) of Amarakamkā(1) in the Dhāyaisamḍa(1) island Vasudeva(2) Kanha(1) helped her release She gave birth to a son named Pamḍusena Like her husbands she also renounced the world and became a disciple of nun Suvvayā(1) After death she was born as a god in the Bambhaloa heavenly region After taking one more birth she will attain liberation in Mahāvideha ⁷ Dovai in her former life of Nāgasirī(2) had served an ascetic named Dhammarui(4) with a cooked vegetable prepared from a bitter gourd which caused his death ⁸ She in her life as Sukumāliyā(1) had resolved to make merry with five husbands That is why she got the five sons of king Pamḍu as her husbands ⁹