[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.c26.237 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c26.237 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c26.237 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c26.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.237) 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 Theragāthā³ 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.c26.236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.236) - [Next: v2.c26.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.238) - [Up: v2.c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.237) · Pramāṇa