Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

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ekauposathikā
  1. eka

    one; a single; first of several

  2. uposathikāuposathika

    observing the uposatha; one who keeps the eight precepts on the observance day

Encyclopedia

  • An arahant who, as a slave water-carrier in a past life, took up the precepts on seeing King Bandhumā observe the fast day, thereafter being reborn as a queen dozens of times before, in her final life, renouncing the world at seven and attaining Arahantship within eight months.

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