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Ekapiṇḍadāyikā

Person

කල්ප අනූ එකකට පෙර බන්ධුමා රජුගේ බිසව ලෙස සිටියදී සුභ පුනර්භවයක් සඳහා භික්ෂුණියකට ආහාර පිළිගැන්වූ අතර, පසුව දෙවියන් හා මිනිසුන් අතර රැජිනියක ලෙස නැවත නැවතත් උපත ලද රහතන් වහන්සේ නමකි.

An Arahant. Ninety-one world-cycles ago she was the wife of King Bandhumā, of Bandhumatī. Wishing to do some good deed to ensure for herself a happy rebirth, she asked the king for his sanction, and fed a nun and gave her various gifts. Later she was born thirty times in Tāvatiṃsa as queen of the gods. She was the wife of twenty kings among men (Ap.ii.515 f).

She is probably identical with Mettā Therī (ThigA.36 f).

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