Keśin (5199)

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Keśin
Entry 5199, Page 193, Col. 1
(keSin, keSin)
Keśin¦, n. of the supernatural horse (the Bodhisattva) who saves shipwrecked persons from the island of ogresses (story of Jāt. 196, Valāhassa-J.): Mv iii.72.18; 75.11, 17 f.; 77.1. This name occurs only in Mv and only in the prose version; in the verse he is called Valāha or Vālāha, qq.v., as in other BHS and Pali versions.