VihÄradevÄ«Wife of KÄkavannatissa and mother of Duá¹á¹hagÄmaṇī and SaddhÄtissa. She was the daughter of Tissa, king of KalyÄnÄ« and was cast adrift in a boat on the ocean in order to appease the sea gods in their wrath against Tissa for having killed an Arahant. Her name was DevÄ«, but because she came ashore near the monastery of Tolaka (?) (This is probably the correct reading of the name; see MT. 432) she was called VihÄradevÄ« (Mhv.xxii.20ff). When with her first child, she longed to eat a honeycomb one furlong (usabha) in length and to drink the water in which had been washed the sword used in cutting off the head of NandasÄrathÄ«, chief of ElÄra’s warriors (Mhv.42ff.; MT. 441). When she was the second time with child, she wished to lie under a campaka tree in bloom and inhale its fragrance (MT.443). When her husband died, SaddhÄtissa carried her off, hoping thus to win the kingdom, but she was later restored to Duá¹á¹hagÄmaṇī. She was wise and practical and helped in Duá¹á¹hagÄmaṇī’s campaigns, especially in the capture of Ambatittha and AnurÄdhapura (Mhv.xxv.9, 55). We know nothing of her later history. |
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Dictionary of PÄli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera |
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