Pāli Dictionary

Mahāsubhaddā2

Person

Eldest daughter of Anāthapiṇḍika who became a Stream-winner while still unmarried, and after marrying an unbelieving householder of Ugganagara, persuaded the Buddha to visit her new home with five hundred monks to receive alms.

Eldest daughter of Anāthapiṇḍika. Before her marriage she waited on the monks who came to her father’s house and became a Stream-winner (DhA.i.128; J.i.93). According to the Aṅguttaranikāya Commentary (AA.i.146, 148 f ) she married an unbeliever, a householder of Ugganagara, and the Buddha, at her request, went to her house with five hundred monks (chief among whom was Kuṇḍadhāna) to receive alms. However, see Cūḷasubhaddā.

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