Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.5357
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.5357
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One day, as she was spending her siesta at the foot of a tree in Andhavana, Māra, wishing to interrupt her privacy, approached her, invisible in the air, and teased her, remarking on the "two-finger" consciousness of women.¹ Somā rebuked him, saying that the fact of being a woman was no obstacle to the comprehension of the Dhamma.²