Note 299 — LECTURE V. THE BUDDHIST SANGHA[244]: THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
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Mahâ-pagâpati the Gotami, his aunt and nurse (Kullavaga, x. 1) whose entreaty, through Ananda, led him to found the Order of Bikkhuni, seems more than a name. Visâkhâ, “the rich and bountiful,” is another type of votary (Mahavagga, viii. 15).