A member of Prince Siddhattha’s court who joined the Order together with Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī and became an Arahant.

A daughter of King Mahānāma and step-sister of Sotthisena who killed him to give the kingdom to her husband, who died within the year.

The wife of King Mānavamma, daughter of the Malaya prince Saṅghasena.

A daughter of Aggabodhi VI and wife of Aggabodhi VII who, after her husband struck her and her father sent her to a nunnery, fled with her cousin to Rohaṇa before reconciling with her husband.

The chief queen of King Sena I who, with her husband, built the Pubbārāma and Saṅghasenārāma monasteries and also built the Uttara-vihāra and Mahindasena pariveṇa.

Daughter of Kittaggabodhi and Devā and wife of Sena II who bore King Kassapa V and, after her husband’s death, became the chief queen of his successor.

The wife of King Kassapa V, daughter of Mahinda, the crown prince of Sena II, and of Tissā.

A female lay disciple foretold to become the chief patron among laywomen attending the future Buddha Metteyya.

An astrologer whose prediction about Kitti’s (later Vijayabāhu I’s) destiny won him Buddharāja’s support.

Father of Sūranimmila and of seven sons, who lived in Khandavitthika.

A lay disciple destined to become the future Buddha Metteyya’s chief lay patron.

A minister of King Duṭṭhagāmaṇī who was made Treasurer after his generous alms-giving won the parasol-deity’s approval; he is likely the same Saṅgha foretold to become Metteyya’s chief patron.

A minister of King Kākavaṇṇa Tissa whose daughter Kiñcisaṅghā became known as Saṅghupatthāyikā for her generosity to the monks.