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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2301

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.2301

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### [v2.c31.2301](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2301)

1. Mahāsubhaddā.—Chief wife of the Bodhisatta when he was the elephant king Chaddanta.¹ 2. \*\*Mahāsubhaddā\*\*.—Eldest daughter of \*\*Anāthapiṇḍika\*\*. Before her marriage she waited on the monks who came to her father's house and became a \*sotāpanna\*.¹ According to the Aṅguttara Commentary² she married an unbeliever, a householder of \*\*Ugganagara\*\*, and the Buddha, at her request, went to her house with five hundred monks (chief among whom was \*\*Kuṇḍadhāna\*\*) to receive alms. But see \*s.v.\* \*\*Cūla-Subhaddā\*\*.

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