…Jayasena on the life of the bhikkhu. Aciravata repeats this conversation to the Buddha who thereupon preaches the Dantabhūmi Sutta….

…courtesans bathed naked; the Bhikkhunīs did likewise until a rule was passed prohibiting it. Vin.i.293 Vin.iv.278 The Chabbaggiyā nuns, however,…

…who entered the Order of the bhikkhunis. Wishing to obtain the higher ordination from the Buddha, she set out for Sāvatthī, but was waylaid and…

…the Buddha preached to the Bhikkhus on the difference between dhamma and adhamma. AN.v.229ff.

Ajita³

General of the Licchavis and…

…and the resident bhikkhus. SN.iv.281–297

Among eminent Elders who visited the place wer.

• Isidatta of Avanti (who answered…

…in search of solitude. The Bhikkhunī Saṃyutta contains stories of nuns who were tempted by Māra in the Andhavana, e.g., Āḷavikā, Soma,…

…with the formula “ehi, bhikkhu” and the first to receive higher ordination. Later the Buddha declared him to be the best of those who first…

…and received the “ehi bhikkhu pabbajjā” Thag.868–870 while the populace were yelling at the king’s palace for the robber’s life….

…declared her foremost of the bhikkhunīs in recollecting past lives. AN.i.25

Bhaddā Kāpilānī’s name is mentioned several times Vin.iv.227…

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of going forth out of faith and attaining the Dhamma. Thig.9

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of how, with no family or friends, she wandering begging food to survive. One day she met Paṭācārā…

Dhammā

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse tells of how one day, while returning from her alms round, she slipped and fell. Meditating on this,…

Dhīrā¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse speaks of the wise one who attains Nibbana. Thig.6

Dhīrā²Vīrā

A…

Guttā

A bhikkhunī to whom several Therīgāthā verses are addressed, encourageing her to overcome the defliments that have long kept her trapped…

The name given to a bhikkhunī, who, so Ānanda tells Udāyī, came to see him at the Añjanavana in Sāketā. The nun asked him for what purpose the…

JentāJentī

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of developing the path and becoming Awakened. Thig.21

A bhikkhunī mentioned in the Therīgāthā verses of Isidāsi, who describes Jinadattā as a learned and virtuous expert in the Vinaya. Thig.427

…eminent bhikkhunī and the step-mother of the Buddha. She raised the Buddha as her own child after the death of his…

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of of how she strugged up a mountain, only to sit and become Awakened. Thig.29–30

…bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of how, having gone forth in faith, she missed out of the higher goals of…

Mittā

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of how she was formerly attached to the idea of performing rites on the uposatha days…

Muttā ¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse speaks of being freed. Thig.2

Muttā ²

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā…

…forms under which to tempt bhikkhunīs, often in lonely spots—e.g., Āḷavikā, Kisāgotamī, Somā, Vijayā, Uppalavantnā, Cālā, Upacālā,…

…Dark Lord not to attack a bhikkhu such as he. Thag.25

Nandiya²

A Sakyan layman. He visited the Buddha at the Nigrodhārāma in…

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of her former useless practice of austerities and her current state of Awakening. Thig.87–91

Paṭācārā

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of her efforts to attain Awakening. Thig.112–116 She was declared by the Buddha to be…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses depict the ascetic Paṇḍarassagotta questioning him on the future decline of Bhikkhus. Thag.949–980

…the first eleven arahants, and were ordained by the “ehi bhikkhu pabbajjā.”. Vin.i.18f.

Puṇṇā¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse speaks of being full with good qualities, like the full moon….

…verse speaks of how a bhikkhu in the Sītavana (Cool Grove) is victorious. Thag.6

Sambhūta²Sānavāsī

When the Vajjiputtaka…

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse speaks of having left behind family and possessions, as well as all defilements. Thig.18

A bhikkhunī who was enjoying her meditation in the Andhavana under a tree when Māra, in the guise of a stranger, approached her and tried to tempt…

…bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of how in Jīvakambavana, a libertine, in the prime of youth, seeing her…

Sukkā¹

A bhikkhunī who was famous as a teacher of Dhamma, to the extent that a spirit went Rājagaha about praising her and exhorting…

…Precepts. She later became a bhikkhunī and her Therīgāthā verse was spoken by way of encouragement in old age. Thig.16

Sumanā²

A…

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses celebrate her freedom from household drudgery and her brutal husband. Thig.23–24

Sundarī¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses consist of a dialogue, firstly between her father Sujāta and a bhikkhunī,…

…bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses are an exhortation to her to overcome attchment to the body. She was declared…

Sāmā¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of how she could not find peace after going to the monastery five times, then later…

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses tell of how for seven years she tried, without success, to concentrate her mind. Then she tied a noose round…

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse says she may sleep happily now the defilements are stilled. Thig.1

Ubbirī>

A bhikkhunī whose verses in the Therīgāthā tell of her lamenting the death of her daughter, Jīva, and reflecting that thousands of…

…term, comprehending the Bhikkhu-vibhaṅga and the Bhikkhunī-vibhaṅga of the Vinaya Pītaka. Sometimes the word seems to be used as *varia…

Upasamā>

A bhikkhunī whose verse is found in the Therīgāthā. Thig.10

…old, he ordained another bhikkhu, to increase the number of holy ones, and went with him to wait upon the Buddha. The Buddha roundly rebuked him…

Uttamā¹

A bhikkhunī whose verses in the Therīgāthā tell of her repeated struggles before realizing awakening….

…Saṅgha that the Pācīnaka Bhikkhus held the true Doctrine and that the Pātheyyaka monks did not. Thereafter Uttara went to Revata, but Revata,…

Uttarā¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses tell of her awakening. Thig.15

Uttarā²

The Therīgāthā contains seven…

…questioned the Kajaṅgalā Bhikkhunī, went to the Buddha there and asked him to verify her answers. AN.v.54f.

25.04579,…

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses say that she went to the monastery up to five times before being approached by a bhikkhunī, who taght her…

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of the fading beuaty of youth and the peace of liberation. Thig.72–76

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses tell of her child’s death and her subsequent history. Thig.133–138

It is said that the brahmin Sujāta,…

…with a large company of bhikkhus, visited the town. At that time there dwelt in it a monk who had been ordained late in life and had formerly…

ĀḷavakāĀḷavikā

A name given to the monks of Āḷavī.

The Āḷavaka-bhikkhū are mentioned several times in the Vinaya Vin.ii.172ff. Vin.iii.85 Vin.iv.34–35 in connection with offences relating to repa …