Pāli Dictionary

Naḷamālika

Person

一位阿羅漢尼,九十四個劫以前身為 Candabhāgā 河畔的緊那羅,曾以花環供佛,此後三十六度為天后、十度為人間王后。

An Arahant. Ninety-four world-cycles ago she was a kinnara on the banks of the Candabhāgā, and, having seen the Buddha, offered him a garland of flowers.

She was queen of the devas thirty-six times and queen among men in ten lives (Ap.ii.528 f).

She is probably identical with Cittā Therī (ThigA.33 f).

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