Pāli Dictionary

Nāgā4

Person

Une nonne arahant de Bhātaragāma qui s’enfuit avec ses compagnes lors d’un pillage et fut nourrie par la divinité d’un banian ; elle avait un frère également nommé Nāga.

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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