Pāli Dictionary

thullanandā

Part of speech

noun · feminine

monastic

  • Thullanandā (name of a notorious bhikkhunī)

  • SN 16.11

    assosi kho thullanandā bhikkhunī, ayyena kira mahākassapena ayyo ānando vedehamuni kumārakavādena apasādito'ti.

Encyclopedia

Thullanandā
Person

  • A nun who led a large company of followers and was noted both for her eloquence in teaching the Dhamma and for repeated breaches of monastic discipline recorded in the Vinaya.

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