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Revatī

Person

難提耶之妻,丈夫死後,她停止了他所設立的佈施,並辱罵僧眾,因而生身墮入地獄。

Wife of Nandiya (q.v.) Her story is given in DhA.iii.290 ff. and also at VvA.220 ff, also referred to in PvA.257. According to the VvA. version, Nandiya was born after death in Tāvatiṃsa, but Revatī, on the death of her husband, stopped the gift of alms which he had instituted, abused the monks, and was cast alive into hell.

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