Patipujika, Patipūjikā: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA woman of Savatthi, who once had belonged to the retinue of the god Malabhari, and passed out of her deva existence while sitting on the branch of a tree picking flowers for him. She remembered her former existence, and yearned to rejoin Malabhari even after she was married, hence her name. With this object in view she did many good deeds, and is said to have developed simultaneously the fifty six qualities of goodness.
She gave birth to four sons, and dying one day of a sudden illness, was reborn into the retinue of Malabhari. She was greatly agitated on hearing her story and realizing how short is the span of human life. DhA.i.363ff.
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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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 48 - The Story of Patipūjikā Kumāri < [Chapter 4 - Puppha Vagga (Flowers)]