Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1682
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.1682
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2. Mahāpañha Sutta.—A number of lay devotees of Kajaṅgalā visit the Kajaṅgalā-bhikkhuṇī (*q.v.*) and ask her to explain in detail the Mahāpañhā as stated by the Buddha. She answers that she has heard neither the explanation of the Buddha nor that of the arahants, but she will explain them according to her own lights, and proceeds to do so. The devotees report her explanation to the Buddha, who praises her wisdom and declares that his own explanation would have been identical.¹