Kuveni, (කුවේණි/குவேணி) also known as Sesapathi or Kuvanna or Leelawathi, was a Yakshini queen in Sri Lanka mentioned in the ancient Pali chronicles Mahavansa and Dipavansa of the Sinhalese people.

2017年7月20日 · Kuveni also known as Sesapathi or Kuvanna, was a Yakshini queen in Sri Lanka mentioned in the ancient Pali chronicles Mahavamsa She is venerated as Maha Loku Kiriammaleththo by the Veddas.

2021年8月29日 · The Homeric legends date to the 8th century BC or earlier and state how the companions of Odysseus were sent to the “underworld” and later brought back. Vijaya’s followers were also sent into a “chasm” by Kuveni. There are of course many versions of the Cerce legend and the Mahawamsa author picked up one of them and adopted it to his ...

2021年1月4日 · Kuveni or Kuvanna stands out as the first woman known in Sri Lanka who tragically risked tougher ostracism by her own tribe and later by her alien husband in her endeavour to bring the whole community under a unified country.

Kuveni was a wife of Sri Lanka's first recorded king Vijaya and she had two children, a son named Jivahata and the daughter as Disal.[1] According to the genesis myth of the Sinhala people, recorded in the Mahavansa, the Veddas - Sri Lanka aboriginal population are descended from Kuveni's children.

2014年9月7日 · Kuveni, on the other hand, is regarded as a descendant of the demons of the Ramayana and of Ravana, who also dwelled in Lanka. A common folk tale was that her children did not, in fact, flee to Malaysia, but instead remained in Sri Lanka's jungles and became the Veddas - Sri Lanka's aboriginal population.

2024年3月11日 · Kuveni was the wife of Sri Lanka's first recorded king Vijaya and she had two children, a son named Jeevahatta and a daughter as Disala.[1] According to the genesis myth of the Sinhalese people, recorded in the Mahavansa, the Veddas - Sri Lanka aboriginal population are descended from Kuveni's children.

2015年9月11日 · Vijaya's men, surmising that 'Only where there is a village are dogs to be found', followed the creature, only to come upon the Queen of the demons, Kuveni (also known as Kuvanna). Though the protection of Vishnu prevented Kuveni from devouring the hapless man, it did not prevent her from hurling him - and all of Vijaya's other companions ...

2017年5月13日 · Kuveni, also known as Sesapathi, was a Yakshini queen mentioned in the ancient Pali chronicles Mahavamsa and Dipavamsa, the primary source for her life-story being the former history mixed with legend. She is venerated as Maha Loku Kiriammaleththo by the Veddahs. Kuveni and Vijaya

Sadness, tears and a reviled woman's curse are the flash point for this article, which focuses on Kuveni, the legendary foremother of the Sinhalese and the Veddha minority of Sri Lanka. She is an iridescent outline: due to a lack of