[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.c35.1518 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.1518 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.1518 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.1518](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1518) Visākhā fed five hundred monks daily at her house.¹² In the afternoon she visited the Buddha, and, after listening to his sermon, would go round the monastery inquiring into the needs of the monks and nuns.¹³ In these rounds she was sometimes accompanied by Suppiyā.¹⁴ Visākhā begged for, and was granted, eight boons by the Buddha: that as long as she lived she be allowed to give robes to the members of the Order for the rainy season; food for monks coming into Sāvatthi¹⁵; food for those going out; food for the sick; food for those who wait on the sick; medicine for the sick; a constant supply of rice-gruel for any needing it; and bathing robes for the nuns.¹⁶ - [Previous: v2.c35.1517](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1517) - [Next: v2.c35.1519](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1519) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1518](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1518) · Pramāṇa