[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.c35.1514 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.1514 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.1514 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.1514](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1514) Visākhā had ten sons and ten daughters, each of whom had a similar number of children, and so on down to the fourth generation. Before her death, at the age of one hundred and twenty, she had eighty-four thousand and twenty direct lineal descendants, all living.⁹ She herself kept, all her life, the appearance of a girl of sixteen. She had the strength of five elephants, and it is said that once she took the trunk of an elephant, which was sent to test her, between her two fingers and forced him back on his haunches.¹⁰ Visākhā owned such a great reputation for bringing good fortune that the people of Sāvatthi always invited her to their houses on festivals and holidays.¹¹ - [Previous: v2.c35.1513](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1513) - [Next: v2.c35.1515](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1515) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1514](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1514) · Pramāṇa