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Definition[1]

Mahāvrksa rsi, the ascetic Vāyu, who meditated so long that a big tree grew out of his shoulders. Seeing a hundred beautiful princesses he desired them; being spurned, he was filled with hatred, and with a spell turned them into hunchbacks; hence Kanyākubja, v. 羯 or 罽 the city of hump-backed maidens; its king was ? Brahmadatta. v. 西域記 5.

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

(人名)西域記五曰:「昔殑伽河邊有仙人,久入禪定,肩上生大樹,稱曰大樹仙人。見一百美女動心,詣王求之,美女無應者,仙人大瞋,咒王女悉使曲腰。」【參見: 曲女城】

Source
丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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