1. Sirikálakanni Játaka (No.192).  Another name for the Sirikála-kannipańha (q.v.).


2. Sirikálakanni Játaka (No.382). The Bodhisatta was once a merchant of Benares, and, because his household observed the rules of piety, he came to be called Suciparivára ("pure household"). He kept an unused couch and bed for anyone who might come to his house and was purer than himself. One day Kálakanní, daughter of Virúpakka and Sirí, Dhatarattha’s daughter, went to bathe in Anotatta, and a quarrel arose as to which should bathe first. As neither the Four Regent Gods nor Sakka were willing to decide, they referred the two goddesses to Suciparivára. Kálakanní first appeared before him in blue raiment and jewels, and, on being asked what were her qualities, she told him, and was asked to vanish from his sight. Then came Sirí, diffusing yellow radiance, and the Bodhisatta, discovering her identity and her virtues, welcomed her and offered her his unused couch. Thus was the dispute settled. The bed used by Sirí came to be called Sirisaya, hence the origin of Sirisayana.

Sirí is identified with Uppalavanná. J.iii. 257-64.


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