Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

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uppaladāyikā
  1. uppala

    blue water lily; (broadly) an aquatic flower

  2. dāyikā

    a female donor; a benefactress

Encyclopedia

  • The wife of the warrior Aruṇa who, thirty-one world-cycles ago, gave alms to a holy recluse and was reborn a thousand times as consort of the king of the gods, in her final life becoming an Arahant nun soon after ordination.

Thi Ap 33

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