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  • 王舍城一名艺伎,出家为比丘尼后欲往舍卫城求受具足戒,途中屡遭浪荡子拦截无法成行,佛陀特准由使者代为传达授戒,开创先例,她后来证得阿罗汉果。

  • A courtesan of Rājagaha who, after joining the Order of nuns and being unable to reach Sāvatthi for higher ordination because libertines waylaid her, was ordained by a messenger sent on her behalf—a precedent-setting case—and later attained Arahantship.

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