Bhikkhudasika, Bhikkhadayika, Bhikkhādāyikā, Bhikkhudāsikā, Bhikkhadāyikā: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. The fourth of the seven daughters of Kiki, king of Benares, in the time of Kassapa Buddha. She lived in celibacy for twenty thousand years and erected a building for the use of the monks. She was a previous birth of Bhadda Kundalakesa. Ap.ii.561; ThigA.104; J.vi.481, however, says she was Gotama (Pajapati Gotami).
1. Bhikkhadayika. A woman of Uttaramadhura. The Buddha visited that city for her special benefit. Seeing him as she was returning from her bath, she invited him to her house and gave him a meal. She died soon after and was reborn in Tavatimsa, where Moggallana saw her and learnt her story. Vv.ii.10; VvA.118f.
2. Bhikkhadayika. A similar story of a woman of Rajagaha who gave alms to an arahant monk and was reborn in Tavatimsa. Vv.ii.11; VvA.119f.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Biography (9) Kuṇḍalakesā Therī < [Chapter 44 - Life Histories of Bhikkhunī Arahats]
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