Pāli Dictionary

kisāgotamī

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Part of speech

noun · feminine

monastic

  • Kisāgotamī, an arahant nun, great disciple of the Buddha, declared foremost among nuns in wearing coarse robes; known for the story of the mustard seed

  • SN 5.3

    atha kho kisāgotamiyā bhikkhuniyā etadahosi, ko nu khv'āyaṃ manusso vā amanusso vā gāthaṃ bhāsatī'ti? atha kho kisāgotamiyā bhikkhuniyā etadahosi, māro kho ayaṃ pāpimā mama bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃsaṃ uppādetu'kāmo samādhimhā cāvetu'kāmo gāthaṃ bhāsatī'ti.

  • AN 1.246

    etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvikānaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ lūkhacīvaradharānaṃ yadidaṃ kisāgotamī.

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Kisāgotamī
Person

  • An Arahant declared foremost among monks in the wearing of coarse robes, famous for the story in which the Buddha, in response to her grief over her dead child, sent her to find a mustard seed from a house untouched by death.

SN 5.3Thig 10
Kisāgotamī2
Place

  • A Sakyan maiden of Kapilavatthu who, seeing Prince Siddhattha return in his chariot after his son’s birth, exclaimed a verse praising the peace such a sight brought her, prompting the prince, struck by her word ‘nibbuta,’ to send her a pearl necklace in gratitude.

Kisāgotamī3
Person

  • The wife of Phussa Buddha during his last life as a layman, and mother of his son Ānanda.

Kisāgotamī4
Person

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

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