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Nanda16

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人称 Nandamāṇavaka,是一名婆罗门,曾强暴莲花色比丘尼(Uppalavaṇṇā),据说因此遭大地吞没而受报。

Called Nandamāṇavaka. A Brahmin, mentioned in the Milindapañha [p.101. This probably refers to the Brahmin who raped Uppalavaṇṇā (DhA.ii.49, this is confirmed by MA.ii.814, where Uppalavaṇṇā’s rapist is called Nandamāṇavaka) as having been swallowed up by the earth for having insulted the Buddha and his disciples.

One day when Upalavaṇṇā returned from her alms-rounds to her hut in Andhavana, where she was living at the time, Nandamāṇava, who was hiding under her bed, jumped up and seized her. In spite of her protestations and admonitions, he overcame her resistance by force and, having worked his will of her, went away. As if unable to endure his wickedness, the earth burst asunder and he was swallowed up in Avīci (DhA.ii.49-50).

In order that such assaults should not be repeated, Pasenadi Kosala erected, at the Buddha’s suggestion, a residence for the nuns within the city gates, and henceforth they lived only within the precincts of the city (DhA.ii.51 f).

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