Pāli Dictionary

thullanandā

Part of speech

noun · feminine

monastic

  • 偷蘭難陀（とらなんだ）；比丘尼の名

  • 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

  • 大勢の従者を率いた比丘尼で、法を説く雄弁さと、律蔵に記録された度重なる戒律違反の両方で知られた。

  • 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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