Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1227

v2.c27.1227

Pasenadi had a sister, Sumanā, who was present at his first interview with the Buddha and decided to enter the Order, but she delayed doing so as she then had to nurse their aged grandmother. Pasenadi was very fond of his grandmother, and was filled with grief when she died in her one hundred and twentieth year. After her death, Sumanā became a nun and attained arahantship.²¹ The old lady’s possessions were given over to the monks, the Buddha giving special permission for them to be accepted.²²