[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.c24.238 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c24.238 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c24.238 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c24.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c24.238) 3. Dhammadinnā.—An eminent Therī, ranked foremost among nuns who possessed the gift of preaching.¹ She was the wife of Visākha of Rājagaha, and when he, having heard the Buddha preach, became an anāgāmin, she left the world with the consent of her husband who sent her to the nunnery in a golden palanquin.² Dwelling in solitude, she soon attained arahantship with the four paṭisambhidā.³ She later returned to Rājagaha to worship the Buddha, and there Visākha asked her questions on the Dhamma, which she answered “as easily as one might cut a lotus-stalk with a knife.” The questions and answers are given in the Cūḷa Vedalla Sutta.⁴ Visākha reported this interview to the Buddha, who praised her great wisdom and commended her eloquence. - [Previous: v1.c24.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c24.237) - [Next: v1.c24.239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c24.239) - [Up: v1.c24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c24) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c24.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c24.238) · Pramāṇa