Naḷamālika
PersonAn Arahant who, ninety-four world-cycles ago as a kinnara by the Candabhāgā river, offered a garland of flowers to a Buddha, later becoming a queen among gods and humans many times over.
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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