A Yakkha maiden, whom Vijaya married on his arrival in Ceylon. With her assistance he killed the Yakkhas at their feast in Sirísivatthu. Later Vijaya discarded her in favour of a royal maiden from Madhurá, and she left, with her two children Jívahattha and Dipellá, for Lankápura, where she was slain as a spy. Her children fled to Malaya and their descendants became the Pulindas (Mhv.vii.9-68).
Kuvanná had as companion a slave called Sisapátí (Sísapátiká). v.l. Kuvení.
MT.255.