Pāli Dictionary

Visākhā2

Person

菩薩の後宮にかつて仕えた女性で、マハーパジャーパティー・ゴータミーとともに出家し、阿羅漢果を得て、『テーリー・ガーター』に伝わる訓戒の偈を残した。

She belonged to the harem of the Bodhisatta and left the world with Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī. She received a topic of meditation from the Buddha and in due course won Arahantship. A verse uttered by her, admonishing her companions, is included in the Therīgāthā. Thig.vs.13; ThigA.20.

Thig 1.13

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