Pāli Dictionary

Cīrā

Person

Une novice de sept ans et arahant qui proposa d’accomplir elle-même un miracle - apporter le Sineru et les montagnes du monde - afin que le Bouddha n’ait pas à accomplir le Double Miracle

A seven-year-old novice, an Arahant who offered to perform a miracle herself, so that the Buddha might be saved the trouble of performing the Twin Miracle. She offered to fetch Sineru, the Cakkavāḷapabbata, and Himavā, and to soar over their tops like a wild goose (DhA.iii.211).

She is probably identical with the Bhikkhuṇī mentioned in the Saṃyuttanikāya (S.i.213) as having won the praise of a yakkha.

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