मणिमेखला
A goddess who presided over the ocean where she was placed by the Cātummahārājikā to protect virtuous people who might suffer shipwreck.
mentioned 6 times in the Pāḷi canon and commentaries.
Mentioned in
- खुद्दकनिकाय · जातकपाळि: 1
- खुद्दकनिकाय · चरियापिटक-अट्ठकथा: 1
- खुद्दकनिकाय · जातक-अट्ठकथा: 4
Others of this name
- मणिमेखला: A district in Ceylon, founded by the general Saṅkha during the time that the usurper Māgha ruled at Pulatthipura.