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Numbered Discourses · AN 1.235–247

  • Numbered Discourses 1.235–247Aṅguttara Nikāya 1

Chapter Five18. Pañcamavagga

“The foremost of my nun disciples in long standing is Mahāpajāpati Gotamī.“Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, mama sāvikānaṁ bhikkhunīnaṁ rattaññūnaṁ yadidaṁ mahāpajāpatigotamī.

… with great wisdom is Khemā.… Mahāpaññānaṁ yadidaṁ khemā.

… with psychic power is Uppalavaṇṇā.… Iddhimantīnaṁ yadidaṁ uppalavaṇṇā.

… who have memorized the monastic law is Paṭācārā.… Vinayadharānaṁ yadidaṁ paṭācārā.

… who speak on the teaching is Dhammadinnā.… Dhammakathikānaṁ yadidaṁ dhammadinnā.

… who practice absorption is Nandā.… Jhāyīnaṁ yadidaṁ nandā.

… who are energetic is Soṇā.… Āraddhavīriyānaṁ yadidaṁ soṇā.

… with clairvoyance is Sakulā.… Dibbacakkhukānaṁ yadidaṁ bakulā.

… with swift insight is Bhaddā of the Curly Hair.… Khippābhiññānaṁ yadidaṁ bhaddā kuṇḍalakesā.

… who recollect past lives is Bhaddā daughter of Kapila.… Pubbenivāsaṁ anussarantīnaṁ yadidaṁ bhaddā kāpilānī.

… who have attained great insight is Bhaddakaccānā.… Mahābhiññāpattānaṁ yadidaṁ bhaddakaccānā.

… who wear coarse robes is Kisāgotamī.… Lūkhacīvaradharānaṁ yadidaṁ kisāgotamī.

… who are committed to faith is Siṅgāla’s Mother.”… Saddhādhimuttānaṁ yadidaṁ siṅgālakamātā”ti.

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