Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1774

v1.c12.1774

Kāligodhā.—A Sākyan lady. She is declared to be a sotāpanna, and a conversation between her and the Buddha, who visited her while staying at the Nigrodhārāma in Kapilavatthu, is recorded in the Kāli Sutta¹ (q.v.). In the sutta she is addressed as Godhā; she may have belonged to the same family as Godha (q.v.). She was the mother of Bhaddiya Thera, declared to be the best of the monks of aristocratic birth.²