Pāli Dictionary

Bhikkhudāsikā

Person

Also known as Bhikkhadāyikā

The fourth of the seven daughters of King Kikī of Bārāṇasī in the time of Kassapa Buddha, who lived in celibacy for twenty thousand years and built a hall for the monks; she is identified as a previous birth of Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā, though one source identifies her instead with Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī.

The fourth of the seven daughters of Kikī, king of Bārāṇasī, in the time of Kassapa Buddha.

She lived in celibacy for twenty thousand years and erected a building for the use of the monks.

She was a previous birth of Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā. Ap.ii.561; ThigA.104; J.vi.481, however, says she was Gotamā (Pajāpatī Gotamī).

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