Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2567

v1.c6.2567

In the time of Sikhī Buddha she had entered the Order. While yet a novice, she took part in a procession of bhikkhunīs, and was doing homage at a shrine when an arahant therī in front of her hastily spat in the court of the shrine. Seeing the spittle and not knowing who had committed the fault, she said in reproof, “ What prostitute has been spitting here ?” It was owing to this remark that she was born as a courtesan in her last birth.⁵