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Accimukhī

A NÄga princess, daughter of Dhataraá¹­á¹­ha, the NÄga king. She was half-sister to the Bodhisatta BhÅ«ridatta and helped his brother Sudassana to rescue the Bodhisatta from the clutches of the snake-charmer Ä€lambÄna.

She could shoot flames from her mouth and spit the deadliest poison.

The story is related in the BhÅ«iridatta JÄtaka (J.vi.157ff).

In the present age she was the BkikkhunÄ« Uppalavaá¹‡á¹‡Ä (J.vi.219) (AccÄ«-mukhÄ«).


Dictionary of PÄli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera

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