Khujjuttara

Khujjuttarā was one of the Buddha's foremost (Sanskrit: agra, Pali: agga) female lay disciples (Pāli: upāsikā, sāvakā).

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Religious biography.background: FFD068
Religious biography.name: Kubjottarā
Religious biography.birth_date: year unknown
Religious biography.religion: Buddhism
Religious biography.school: all
Religious biography.title: Foremost among laywomen of wide learning (Sanskrit: Bahuśruta)(Pali: Bahussuta)
Religious biography.occupation: Servant of Queen Śyāmāvatī
Religious biography.teacher: The Buddha

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Instance of: human
Gender: female

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Khujjuttarā was one of the Buddha's foremost (Sanskrit: agra, Pali: agga) female lay disciples (Pāli: upāsikā, sāvakā).

According to commentaries of the Pāli Canon, Khujjuttarā was a servant to one of the queens of King Udena of Kosambi named Sāmāvatī. Since the queen was unable to go listen to the Buddha, she sent Khujjuttarā who went instead and became so adept that she was able to memorize the teachings and teach the queen and her 500 ladies in waiting. From these discourses of the Buddha, Khujjuttarā, Queen Samavati and the queen's 500 ladies in waiting all obtained the fruit (Pali: phalla) of the first stage of Enlightenment ("stream-enterer," Pāli: Sotāpanna).

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