The Bodhisatta as a deity born in the sense-sphere heavens, whose story is told in the Dhammadevaputta Jātaka, though the Milindapañha calls him a yakkha.

The palace built by Vissakamma for King Mahāsudassana at Sakka’s command.

The lake in front of the palace built for King Mahāsudassana.

A woman of Sāvatthi who became a nun after her husband’s death and attained Arahantship upon reflecting on a fall she suffered while returning from alms round.

The chief female disciple of Atthadassī Buddha.

The fifth of the seven daughters of King Kikī of Bārāṇasī, who lived a celibate life for twenty thousand years and is identified with a past life of Kisāgotamī.

The wife of King Bindusāra and mother of Asoka, also known by the name Siridhammā.

An eminent Therī of Anurādhapura celebrated as an expert teacher of the Vinaya.

A poor woman of Sīva village whose gift of a single robe, worn in turn only by monks who had become Arahants, led to a king honouring her by renaming the village Dhammasīva.