Nandā6
PersonDéclarée par le Bouddha première parmi les nonnes en puissance méditative, une fille de Suddhodana et Mahāpajāpatī et sœur de l’ancien Nanda, généralement identifiée à Sundarī-Nandā bien que sa légende se soit mêlée à celles d’autres nonnes du même nom
Declared by the Buddha (A.i.25) to be foremost among nuns in meditative power (jhāyīnaṃ). She was the daughter of Suddhodana and Mahāpajāpatī and was therefore Sister of Nanda Thera.
She is evidently to be identified with Sundarī-Nandā.
There were three therīs (SNA.i.241) of the name of Nandā who were ordained with Pajāpatī:
Nandā, sister of Nanda Thera (also evidently called Sundarī-Nandā and sometimes Rūpa-Nandā and even Janapadakalyāṇī-Nandā), (e.g. AA.i.198; and ThigA.80),
Abhirūpā-Nandā (daughter of Khema the Sakyan) and
Janapadakalyāṇī-Nanda (evidently sometimes also called Rūpa-Nandā, e.g.,DhA.iii.113 f ).
The legends about them seem to have been confused from very early times.
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