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Person迦毗罗卫释迦族出身的一位阿罗汉比丘尼,曾为菩萨宫廷侍女,随大爱道乔答弥出家,闻佛陀于光中说偈而证阿罗汉果。
An Arahant Therī belonging to a Sakyan family of Kapilavatthu. She became a lady of the Bodhisatta’s court, but later renounced the world with Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, and practised insight. One day the Buddha appeared before her in a ray of glory and uttered a stanza, at the conclusion of which she became an Arahant (Thig.4; ThigA.11).
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