Āmrapālī (2849)

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Āmrapālī
Entry 2849, Page 101, Col. 1
(AmrapAlI, AmrapAlI)
Āmrapālī¦ (also °likā; = Pali Ambapālī, °likā; in Pali and in MSV she was a courtesan), n. of a Licchavi woman, who donated her mango grove to the Buddha: Mv i.300.16; in Mv ii.293.16 Buddha is dwelling at Vaiśālī in this grove, Āmrapālī-vane; her miraculous origin, MSV ii.16.15 ff.; in mss. of MPS, e.g. 11.1, regularly written Amra° (semi-MIndic).

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