Sumangalamata Theri, Sumaṅgalamātā-therī: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesShe was born in a poor family of Savatthi and was married to a rush plaiter (nalakara).
Her first child was a son, named Sumangala, who left the world and became an arahant (See Sumangala 7).
She became a nun, and one day, while reflecting on all she had suffered in the lay life, she was much affected, and, her insight quickening, she became an arahant. Thig.vss.23-24; ThigA.28f.
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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