[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.c26.217 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c26.217 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c26.217 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c26.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.217) ² A. i. 25. The sermon he preached is known as the Nandakovāda Sutta (\*q.v.\*). The Aṅguttara Commentary (i. 173) says that the nuns were Sākyan maidens who had entered the Order with Pajāpatī. At first Nandaka was reluctant to preach to them, they having been his wives in a previous birth when he was king, and he feared the calumny of his colleagues who might suggest that he wished to see his former companions. He, therefore, sent another monk in his place; but the Buddha, knowing that only Nanda’s preaching would effect the nuns’ release, insisted on his going. - [Previous: v2.c26.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.216) - [Next: v2.c26.218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.218) - [Up: v2.c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṅguttaranikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.217) · Pramāṇa