Sundarīnandā
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Sundarīnandā (T. mdzes dga' mo མཛེས་དགའ་མོ་; C. suntuoli 孫陀利) also known as Sundarī, was the daughter of King Śuddhodana and Mahāpajāpatī. She was the half-sister of Siddhartha Gautama.[1] She became a nun after the enlightenment of the Buddha, and became the foremost bhikkhuni in the practise of jhana (meditative absorption).[2]
She lived during the 6th century BCE in what is now Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India.
Further reading:
Sundari Nanda, Wikipedia
References
- ↑ "The Buddha's Sister: Sundari Nanda". American Buddhist Journals. 29 June 2011.
- ↑ Murcott, Susan (1991). The First Buddhist Women: Translations and Commentaries on the Therigatha.
Bibliography
- Hecker, Hellmuth (2006-09-23). "Buddhist Women at the Time of The Buddha". Buddhist Publication Society. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
- Keown, Damian (2013). Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Routledge. p. 117. ISBN 9781136985881.