Gharaṇī
PersonUne disciple laïque ayant atteint le troisième stade de l’éveil, qui proposa d’accomplir son propre miracle, transformant la terre en eau, lorsque le Bouddha s’apprêtait à manifester le Miracle Jumeau.
A woman lay-disciple of the Buddha. She had attained the Third Fruit of the Path and when the Buddha was about to perform the Twin Miracle, she offered to perform a miracle herself — to transform the earth into water and dive about in it like a water-bird. DhA.iii.209.
There was a Gharaṇī Stūpa near Suppāraka (Divy.47).
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