Pāli Dictionary

dhammadinnā

Part of speech

noun · feminine

monastic

  • Dhammadinnā, an arahant Therī, foremost among nuns in giving Dhamma talks

  • MN 44

    atha kho visākho upāsako yena dhammadinnā bhikkhunī ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā dhammadinnaṃ bhikkhuniṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ nisīdi.

  • AN 1.239

    etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvikānaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ dhammakathikānaṃ yadidaṃ dhammadinnā.

dhammadinna

approximate

dhammastemdinnastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Dhammadinna, name of a lay disciple of the Buddha

  • SN 55.53

    atha kho dhammadinno upāsako pañcahi upāsakasatehi saddhiṃ yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ nisīdi.

Encyclopedia

6 entries

Dhammadinnā
Person

  • One of the two chief women disciples of Piyadassī Buddha.

Dhammadinnā2
Person

  • One of the chief lay women supporters of Piyadassī Buddha.

Dhammadinnā3
Person

  • An eminent Therī declared foremost among nuns skilled in teaching, who left lay life as the wife of Visākha of Rājagaha and, after attaining Arahantship, answered his questions on the Dhamma in the Cūḷavedalla Sutta.

MN 44
Dhammadinna
Personapproximate

  • Also called Mahādhammadinna, an Arahant elder of Talaṅga who used his psychic power to reveal the realms from hell to the Brahma-world while teaching the Apaṇṇaka Sutta.

Dhammadinna2
Personapproximate

  • An eminent lay disciple who led five hundred followers and was taught by the Buddha the four factors of Stream-winning.

SN 55.53
Dhammadinna3
Personapproximate

  • A monk of the Tissa-Mahā-vihāra who, on pilgrimage, used clairvoyance to reveal to a lay donor the past-life origin of his habitual gift of hare’s flesh.

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