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Numbered Discourses · AN 1.258–267

  • Numbered Discourses 1.258–267Aṅguttara Nikāya 1

Chapter Seven20. Sattamavagga

“The foremost of my laywomen in first going for refuge is Sujātā the general’s daughter.“Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, mama sāvikānaṁ upāsikānaṁ paṭhamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchantīnaṁ yadidaṁ sujātā seniyadhītā.

… as a donor is Visākhā, Migāra’s mother.… Dāyikānaṁ yadidaṁ visākhā migāramātā.

… who are very learned is Khujjuttarā.… Bahussutānaṁ yadidaṁ khujjuttarā.

… who dwell in love is Sāmāvatī.… Mettāvihārīnaṁ yadidaṁ sāmāvatī.

… who practice absorption is Uttarā, Nanda’s mother.… Jhāyīnaṁ yadidaṁ uttarānandamātā.

… who give fine things is Suppavāsā the Koliyan.… Paṇītadāyikānaṁ yadidaṁ suppavāsā koliyadhītā.

… who care for the sick is the laywoman Suppiyā.… Gilānupaṭṭhākīnaṁ yadidaṁ suppiyā upāsikā.

… who have experiential confidence is Kātiyānī.… Aveccappasannānaṁ yadidaṁ kātiyānī.

… who are intimate is the householder Nakula’s mother.… Vissāsikānaṁ yadidaṁ nakulamātā gahapatānī.

… whose confidence is based on oral transmission is the laywoman Kāḷī of Kuraraghara.”… Anussavappasannānaṁ yadidaṁ kāḷī upāsikā kuraragharikā”ti.

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