[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) › v2.c26.215 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c26.215 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c26.215 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c26.215](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.215) 1. \*\*Nandaka\*\* (\*v.l.\* \*\*Nanda\*\*) \*\*Thera.\*\*—A householder of \*\*Sāvatthi\*\*.¹ Having entered the Order after hearing a sermon of the Buddha, he developed insight and soon attained arahantship. Once, at the Buddha’s request, he preached a sermon to the nuns; on the first day they became sotāpannas, and, on the second, five hundred of them attained arahantship. From that time the Buddha declared him foremost among exhorters of the nuns.² The \*Theragāthā\*³ contains several verses uttered by him to a woman to whom he was once married. She met him begging alms in Savatthi and smiled to him with sinful heart. - [Previous: v2.c26.214](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.214) - [Next: v2.c26.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.216) - [Up: v2.c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.215](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.215) · Pramāṇa