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Dinnā

Consort of King Uggasena.

The lives of one hundred kings and queens who were about to be sacrificed by a king of Benares, labouring under a mistaken idea, were saved by her wisdom. In a previous birth she had killed an ewe and suffered in hell.

In this age she was Mallikā, queen of Pasenadi. DhA.ii.15ff.

Source
Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from
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