Perhaps the generic name given to the king of the Kurūs (cf. Brahmadatta).
Once in the Jātakas Koravya is given as the name of the king of Indapatta in the Kuru country, this king being the father of Sutasoma (J.v.457).
Elsewhere (J.ii.368; iii.400, 402; v.59, 61, 65; vi.256, 268, 273) Koravya appears as a title of Dhanañjaya, king of the Kurūs.
Koravya may also have been used as an adjective, for we find it explained as Kururatthavāsika (E.g., J.vi.273). The Koravya king probably belonged to the Yudhitthilagotta (See J.iv.361). The Anguttara Nikāya (iii.369f) mentions a king Koravya who owned a large banyan tree named Suppatittha.