Janapadakalyani Nanda, Janapadakalyānī-nandā: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesOne of the three Nandas who became Bhikkhunis - the others being Nanda, sister of Nandatthera and Abhirupa Nanda. Because of her very great beauty she earned the sobriquet of Janapadakalyani. The Udana Commentary (170) gives details of her beauty, which justified her title; see also J.i.394.
Janapadakalyani was engaged to be married to Nanda, but on the day fixed for the marriage the Buddha induced Nanda to join the Order, in spite of Nandas wishes, and in due course he became an arahant. Later, when women were admitted to the Order, Janapadakalyani, feeling she had nothing to look forward to, became a Bhikkhuni under Pajapati. For a long time she would not visit the Buddha, having heard that he spoke disparagingly of physical beauty, but one day, inspired by curiosity, she accompanied her colleagues to hear the Buddha preach. He, being aware of her thoughts, created the form of a most beautiful maiden who stood fanning him. As Janapadakalyani sat gazing at her, enraptured by her beauty, she saw her gradually reach extreme old age, passing through all the stages, until at last she saw her die, leaving her body to decompose and become a mass of filth. At the critical moment, the Buddha uttered the appropriate words and Janapadakalyani became a Sotapanna. The Buddha then preached the Kayavicchandanika Sutta and she became an arahant (Ud.iii.2; J.i.91; SNA.i.241f, 243f, 254, 273; DhA.i.97, 100).
She seems to have been known also as Rupananda. DhA.iii.113f; but see Rupananda; perhaps here we have a confusion of legends. In the northern books she is called Bhadra. (Rockhill, p.55.)
In one of her previous lives, Janapadakalyani was born as a she mule; she sorely tempted Nanda, who was then a mule belonging to a merchant named Kappata (DhA.i.105).
Sundari Nanda also seems to have been called Janapadakalyani.
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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Partial matches: Janapadakalyani, Nanda.
Full-text: Rupananda, Kappata, Vijaya Sutta, Nanda.
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