Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.1523

v2.c35.1523

¹⁶ This list of boons and Visākhā’s reasons for begging them are given at Vin. i. 290 ff. According to the Suruci Jātaka (q.v.), she obtained the boons owing to her virtue in the past as well—e.g., in her birth as Sumedhā (J. iv. 315 ff.); see also Vin. i. 296, where the Buddha accepts a face-towel as a special gift from Visākhā but would not accept an earthenware foot-scrubber (Vin. ii. 129 f.).