Pāli Dictionary

Cīrā

Person

일곱 살 사미니이자 아라한으로, 부처님이 쌍신변을 행하실 필요가 없도록 Sineru 와 세상의 산들을 가져오는 기적을 자신이 직접 행하겠다고 나섰다

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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