Pāli Dictionary

Cīrā

Person

一位七歲的沙彌尼阿羅漢,曾主動請求代佛陀顯現神通——取來須彌山與諸山——以免佛陀親自表演雙神變。

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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