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1. Sālavati. A city; in it was the Kesārāma where Dhammadassī Buddha died. BuA.185.

2. Sālavatī. A courtesan of Rājagaha. She was the mother of Jīvaka Komārabhacca (Vin.i.268f) and of his sister Sirimā. SnA.i.244; see also AA.i.216, where Abhayarājakumāra is called Jīvaka's father.


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