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Sujātā10

Person

साकेत के एक करोड़पति की पुत्री, जो एक उत्सव से लौटते समय अंजनवन में बुद्ध को देखकर वहीं अपनी अंतर्दृष्टि पूर्ण कर ली और बाद में संघ में प्रविष्ट होकर अर्हत बनी।

She was the daughter of a millionaire of Sāketa and was given in marriage to a husband of equal rank, with whom she lived happily. One day, while on her way home from a carnival, she saw the Buddha at Añjanavana and listened to his teaching. Even as she sat there her insight was completed, and she became an Arahant. She went home, obtained her husband’s permission, and joined the Order. Thig.145-50; ThigA.136 f.

Thig 6.4

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