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Nāgā4

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Bhātaragāma 的一位阿羅漢比丘尼,曾在劫掠中與同伴逃難,得一棵榕樹的樹神供養食物,她有一位名叫 Nāga 的兄弟。

An Arahant of Bhātaragāma. During the pillage of Brahmaṇatissa, when all the villagers had fled, she went with her colleagues to a banyan tree, the presiding deity of which provided them with food. She had a brother, Nāga; when he visited her she gave him part of her food, but he refused to accept food from a bhikkhuṇī. MA.i.546; AA.ii.654.

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