Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.71
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.71
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v2.c36.71
In the time of Padumuttara Buddha she was Nandā, daughter of King Ananda, and, therefore, half-sister of the Buddha. One day she heard the Buddha declare a nun chief among possessors of the "heavenly eye" and herself wished for similar honour. In the time of Kassapa Buddha she was a brahminee and later became a Paribbājikā. One day she offered alms at the Buddha’s *thūpa* and kept a lamp burning there all night. She was then reborn in Tāvatiṃsa.²