Perhaps the generic name given to the king of the Kurús (cf. Brahmadatta). Once in the Játakas Koravya is given as the name of the king of Indapatta in the Kuru country, this king being the father of Sutasoma (J.v.457). Elsewhere (J.ii.368; iii.400, 402; v.59, 61, 65; vi.256, 268, 273) Koravya appears as a title of Dhanańjaya, king of the Kurús. Koravya may also have been used as an adjective, for we find it explained as Kururatthavásika (E.g., J.vi.273). The Koravya king probably belonged to the Yudhitthilagotta (See J.iv.361). The Anguttara Nikáya (iii.369f) mentions a king Koravya who owned a large banyan tree named Suppatittha. According to the Ratthapála Sutta (M.ii.65; see also Thag.776.ff; ThagA.ii.34; for details see Ratthapála), in the Buddha's day, too, the ruler of Kuru was called Koravyarájá, and he owned a park which seems to have been called Migácíra (q.v.). This king was evidently interested in religious discussion. Thullakotthika was his capital. The Avadánasataka (i.67; ii.118; see also Camb. Hist. of India, i.121, which refers to a half-mythical Pańcála king, Kraivya) speaks of a Kauravya of Thullakotthika.