Pāli Dictionary

Sāmā4

Person

コーサンビーの名家出身の女性で、友人サーマーヴァティーの死を深く悲しんだ後、アーナンダの説法を聞いてついに阿羅漢果を得た。

She belonged to an eminent family of Kosambī, and when her friend Sāmāvatī died she left the world in distress of mind. Unable to subdue her grief, she could not grasp the Noble way. One day, while listening to Ānanda’s teaching, she won insight, and, on the seventh day from then became an Arahant. Thig.vs.37-8; ThigA.44.

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