[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.c6.2437 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2437 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.2437 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.2437](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2437) In the Milinda³ the king mentions the story of Amarādevī having been left behind in the village while her husband was away on a journey, and of her resisting a temptation to be unfaithful to him. “If that be true, how,” asks the king, “could you justify the Buddha's statement⁴ that ‘all women will go wrong, failing others, even with a cripple’?” Nāgasena explains this by saying that Amarā did not sin because she had neither real secrecy nor opportunity nor the right-wooer ! - [Previous: v1.c6.2436](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2436) - [Next: v1.c6.2438](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2438) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2437](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2437) · Pramāṇa