Pāli Dictionary

Gopālamātā

Person

マハーカッチャーナとその一行に食事を施すため、有名な美しい髪を売った貧しい商人の娘であるウデーナ王の王妃で、髪は奇跡的に元通りになり、王は彼女を正妃とした。

Queen consort of Udena. She belonged to a poor merchant’s family in Telappanāli and had long and beautiful hair, the envy of her friends. One day, Mahā-Kaccāna and seven others visited the village, and she sold her hair for eight kahāpaṇa, that she might provide the visitors with a meal. It is said that she recovered her hair immediately on seeing Mahā-Kaccāna. When the elder reached Ujjeni that very day, by air, he related the incident to King Udena and the king, having sent messengers to fetch Gopālamātā, made her his chief consort. She gave birth to a son, whom she called Gopāla, after her own father, and thenceforth she herself was called Gopālamātā. AA.i.118; Mil.291.

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