The Life Stories of the Nuns – 2158
Foremost Title Achieved
On one occasion, when the Buddha was residing at the Jetavana monastery and
naming distinguished nuns according to their merits, he declared:
Etad-aggaṁ bhikkhave mama sāvikānaṁ bhikkhunīnaṁ
saddhādhimuttānaṁ yad-idaṁ Siṅgālaka-mātu.
Monastics, among my female monastic disciples who have strong
conviction, Siṅgālakamātu is the foremost (
etad-agga
).
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