Velukandakiya
Velukandakiya | |
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Velukandakiya was a
Buddha. Velukandakiya is also known as Uttara and Nandamata (lit. 'mother of Nanda', not to be confused with the stepbrother of Buddha with the same name).[1]
She is praised as the standard-bearer lay female disciple in
Samyutta Nikaya
17.24, Only daughter.
- "Dear, you should become like Khujjuttara the lay follower and Velukandakiya Nanda's mother – for this is the standard and criterion for my female disciples who are lay followers, that is Khujjuttara the lay follower and Velukandakiya, Nanda's mother."[1]
The other important female disciple was Khujjuttara.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-86171-973-0.