Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · feminine
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Sundarī, an arahant nun, daughter of the brahmin Sujāta, whose verses appear in the Therīgāthā
Thig 13.4
hatthī gav'assaṃ maṇikuṇḍalañ'ca, phītañ'c'imaṃ gahavibhavaṃ pahāya, pitā pabbajito tuyhaṃ, bhuñja bhogāni sundari, tuvaṃ dāy'ādikā kule, pitā pabbajito mayhaṃ, puttasokena aṭṭito,
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Sundarī
PersonThe leading female disciple of the Buddha Anomadassī.
Sundarī2
PersonA daughter of the brahmin Sujāta who, when her father joined the Order, likewise renounced the household life with her mother’s blessing and attained Arahantship, later travelling to Sāvatthi to proclaim her realization before the Buddha.
Sundarī3
PersonA female wandering ascetic murdered by hired assassins at the instigation of jealous heretics, her body planted near the Buddha’s monastery to falsely implicate the monks, until the true killers were exposed a week later.
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