Sujātā (1) (16926)

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Sujātā (1)
Entry 16926, Page 598, Col. 1
(sujAtA, sujAtA)
Sujātā (1)¦ (= Pali id., DPPN 6 Sujātā; contrary to DPPN, Pali sources, as Jāt. i.68.7 ff., Dhp. comm. i.86.1, agree with BHS as to the time when she presented food), n. of the daughter of a village chief (named Nandika in LV), who presented food to the Bodhisattva when he broke his fast after his long austerities: LV 265.6, 11, 19; 267.14 ff.; Mv ii.131.10; 200.17; 205.3 ff. (she had been the Bodhi- sattva's mother in 500 previous births); 206.19 (colophon, Sujātā-vyākaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ); 263.15 ff.; 300.12; for Divy equivalent see Nandā and Nandabalā; (2) n. of a nakṣatra(?): eko sujātāye (no v.l.) nakṣatre jātako Mv iii.303.7 (prose). Otherwise unrecorded; very probably a corruption.

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