Pāli Dictionary

Sādhinī

Person

Also known as Sādhanī

The mother of Sodhana and of Kapila (later reborn as the fish Kapilamaccha), who became a nun along with her daughter Tāpanā but was reborn in hell after they abused virtuous monks.

Mother of Sodhana and of Kapila, who, in a later birth, became Kapilamaccha. She and her daughter, Tāpanā, became nuns, but because they followed Kapila’s example and abused and reviled good monks, they were born, after death, in hell (niraya). DhA.iv.37, 42; SNA.i.305.

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