Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2238

v2.c36.2238

When the Buddha visited Kosambī at the request of Ghosaka, Kukkuṭa and Pāvāriya, Khujjutarā, the servant-woman of Sāmāvatī, heard him preach and became a sotāpanna. She had been on her way to the gardener, Sumana, to buy flowers for Sāmāvatī, with the eight pieces of money given to her daily by the king for this purpose. On Sumana’s invitation, she had gone to hear the Buddha at his house. On other days she had spent only half the money on flowers, appropriating the rest for herself; but this day, having become a sotāpanna, she bought flowers with the whole amount and took them to Sāmāvatī, to whom she confessed her story. At Sāmāvatī’s request, Khujjutarā repeated to her and her companions the sermon she had heard from the Buddha. After this, she visited the Buddha daily, repeating his sermon to Sāmāvatī and her friends. Having learnt that the Buddha passed along the street in which the palace stood, Sāmāvatī had holes made in the walls so that she and her friends might see the Buddha and do obeisance to him. Māgandiyā heard of this during a visit to Sāmāvatī’s quarters, and, because of her hatred for the Buddha, she determined to have Sāmāvatī punished.¹