Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.346
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.346
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**Bindumatī.**—A courtezan of **Pāṭaliputta**. She was present when **Asoka**, sailing up the Ganges, asked his ministers and the people if there were any person who could make the river flow backwards. Bindumatī performed an act of Truth (*saccakiriyā*) and the river rolled back.¹