Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.748
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c16.748
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**Cundī.**—A princess. She visited the Buddha at the **Kaḷandakanivāpa** in **Veḷuvana**, and he preached to her the **Cundī Sutta.**¹ According to the Commentary,² she was the daughter of **Bimbisāra**. The king gave her five hundred chariots for the use of herself and her companions. She was one of the three women who received this gift from their fathers, the others being **Visākhā** and the princess **Sumanā**. Cundī’s brother was **Cunda**. Her name occurs in a list of eminent upāsikās.³