20. Sattamavagga

Aṅguttara Nikāya 1

Numbered Discourses 1

20. Sattamavagga

Chapter Seven

“Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, mama sāvikānaṁ upāsikānaṁ paṭhamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchantīnaṁ yadidaṁ sujātā seniyadhītā.

“The foremost of my laywomen in first going for refuge is Sujātā the general’s daughter.

… Dāyikānaṁ yadidaṁ visākhā migāramātā.

… as a donor is Visākhā, Migāra’s mother.

… Bahussutānaṁ yadidaṁ khujjuttarā.

… who are very learned is Khujjuttarā.

… Mettāvihārīnaṁ yadidaṁ sāmāvatī.

… who dwell in love is Sāmāvatī.

… Jhāyīnaṁ yadidaṁ uttarānandamātā.

… who practice absorption is Uttarā, Nanda’s mother.

… Paṇītadāyikānaṁ yadidaṁ suppavāsā koliyadhītā.

… who give fine things is Suppavāsā the Koliyan.

… Gilānupaṭṭhākīnaṁ yadidaṁ suppiyā upāsikā.

… who care for the sick is the laywoman Suppiyā.

… Aveccappasannānaṁ yadidaṁ kātiyānī.

… who have experiential confidence is Kātiyānī.

… Vissāsikānaṁ yadidaṁ nakulamātā gahapatānī.

… who are intimate is the householder Nakula’s mother.

… Anussavappasannānaṁ yadidaṁ kāḷī upāsikā kuraragharikā”ti.

… whose confidence is based on oral transmission is the laywoman Kāḷī of Kuraraghara.”

vaggo sattamo.

(Etadaggavaggo niṭṭhito.)