Sundari
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Sundari or Sundari Nanda was the younger step sister of Buddha and sister of Nanda. She was the child of King Suddhodana and Buddha's aunt Maha Pajapati Gotami. She -like other members of her family- became a Bhikkhuni (see also: Nanda (Buddhist nun) and an Arahant, like her brother Nanda.
[edit] Literature
The First Buddhist Women: Translations and Commentaries on the Therigatha Author: Susan Murcott, ISBN 0938077422]
[edit] External links
- http://www.palikanon.com/namen/s/sundari_nandaa.htm
- GREAT FEMALE DISCIPLES, 21. Sundari Nanda by Radhika Abeysekera
