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Soṇadinna
Person忉利天中擁有七座宮殿的天神,Nimi 王訪問帝釋天時見到他,御者 Mātali 為其解說:此神前世乃迦葉佛時代一位在 Kāsi 村為修行者建造精舍的居士。
A deity with seven mansions in Tāvatiṃsa, whose past life as a generous householder who built hermitages for holy men in Kassapa Buddha’s time was explained to King Nimi by his charioteer Mātali.
那爛陀(Nāḷandā)一位虔誠的女居士,聞佛說法而證得須陀洹果,死後生於忉利天(Tāvatiṃsa),大目犍連(Mahā-Moggallāna)在那裡得知她的事蹟。
A devout lay disciple of Nāḷandā who became a stream-enterer upon hearing the Buddha teach and, after death, was reborn in Tāvatiṃsa, where Mahā-Moggallāna learned her story.
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