[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c16.1040 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.1040 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c16.1040 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c16.1040](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.1040) Cūlasubhaddā.—Daughter of Anāthapiṇḍika. At the insistent request of his friend Uggaseṭṭhi, and after consultation with the Buddha, Anāthapiṇḍika agreed to give her in marriage to Ugga's son.¹ But he was an unbeliever, and when Nigaṇṭhas came to his house on invitation, Subhaddā refused to do obeisance to them. For this she was ordered out of the house by her father-in-law; but she convinced her mother-in-law that the reasons for her behaviour were sound, and at the suggestion of the latter she prepared a meal and invited to it the Buddha and the congregation of monks, by throwing into the air from the top storey of the house eight handfuls of jasmine. The Buddha divined her thoughts and arrived with five hundred arahants. After the meal the Buddha preached the Doctrine and Ugga and his family were converted. As a mark of favour towards Subhaddā the Buddha requested Anuruddha to stay behind at Ugganagara.² Cūlasubhaddā, while still in her father's house, had become a Sotāpanna, and with her sisters, Mahāsubhaddā and Sumanā, she had been entrusted with the distribution of food to the monks.³ - [Previous: v1.c16.1039](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.1039) - [Next: v1.c16.1041](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.1041) - [Up: v1.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.1040](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.1040) · Pramāṇa