A Yakkhiní who lived in the Dhúmarakkha mountain near Tumbariyangana.

Pandukábhaya, hearing of her, tried to capture her, but succeeded only after a very long and strenuous chase, in which she assumed the form of a mare. He rode her into battle, where she helped him in various ways (Mhv.x.53ff). The Mahávamsa-Tíká (p.289) says she was the wife of the Yakkha Jutindhara, who fell in the battle of Sirísavatthu.


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