[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.c6.2364 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2364 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.2364 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.2364](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2364) On the day appointed for her to select her husband, the Sākiyan youth, on whom her choice was to have fallen, died,¹ and her parents made her leave the world against her will. Even after she had entered the Order she avoided going into the Buddha’s presence, being infatuated with her own beauty and fearing the Master’s rebuke. In order to induce her to come to him, the Buddha directed Mahā Pajāpati to see that all the nuns came for instruction. When Nandā’s turn came she sent another in her place. The Buddha refused to recognise the substitute, and Nandā was compelled to go herself. As she listened to the Buddha preaching, he, by his magic power, conjured up a beautiful woman and showed her becoming aged and fading, causing anguish to arise in Nandā’s heart. At the opportune moment, the Buddha drove home the truth of the impermanence of beauty. Meditating on this topic, she later became an arahant.² - [Previous: v1.c6.2363](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2363) - [Next: v1.c6.2365](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2365) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2364](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2364) · Pramāṇa