Gopaka3
PersonUn deva qui fut jadis une vertueuse jeune fille sakya nommée Gopikā à Kapilavatthu et renaquit au Tāvatiṃsa comme devaputta après avoir cultivé une résolution virile ; là il réprimanda des moines renés simples Gandhabbā, et ses vers sont consignés dans le Sakkapañha Sutta.
A deva. He had been a Sakyan maid of Kapilavatthu named Gopikā (Gopī), who led a virtuous life and, according to the Buddha’s teaching, had cultivated the thoughts of a man. After death she was born as a devaputta in Tāvatiṃsa. There, when he saw monks reborn as Gandhabbā, he rebuked them for having neglected their opportunities. A series of verses attributed to Gopaka are given in the Sakkapañha Sutta. D.ii.271-5.
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