Uppala-vaṇṇā
, f. [BHS Utpalavarṇā], 1. nameof a therī; E. Müller, Archiv f. Religionswissenschaft
3.1900.217 — 246; M. E. Lulius van Goor, De buddhi-
stische non, Leiden 1915 p. 114 — 127; I. B. Horner,
Women under primitive Buddhism, 168 foll.; H. Bechert,
WZKSO II 1958 p. 8; identity doubted: I. B. Horner,
Book of Discipline I p. 53 n. 5; — her story is told:
Mp I 345,9 — 356,18; Thī-a 182,28 — 195,9; Dhp-a II
48,1 — 52,8; — her Apadāna: Therī-Ap. No. 19 at
Ap 551,6 — 557,15 ≠ Thī-a 190,34* — 195,9*; — verses
attributed to her Thi 224 — 35 (230 ≠ S I 131,27* foll.;
231 — 33 ≠ S I 132,7*-14*, cf. E. Windisch, Mara und
Buddha, Leipzig 1895 pp. 132 foll., 139 foll.); —
explanation of her name: nīluppala-gabbha-samāna-
vaṇṇatāya, Mp I 355,25 = Dhp-a II 48,8 = Thī-a
190,16; Sp 272,26; Mp I 345,9; — second of the
foremost sāvikā: Khemā ~ā ca aggā hessanti sāvikā,
Ja I 16,14* = Bv II 67 = III 15 = XX 20 =
XXV 13 = Thūp 6,11* = Ap-a 18,25* ≠ Bv XXVI 19 ≠
Mhbv 7,31; Dīp XVIII 9; Dhp-a I 340,18; Pj II
570,22; dutiyasāvikā ~ā, Ja I 15,25; — together with
Khemā example for the nuns: A I 88,18 (Mp II 158,2)
= A II 164,12 = S II 236,17; — has attained the
iddhis: A I 25,20; — forbidden by the Buddha to
perform pāṭihāriya: Dhp-a III 211,19 (cf. R. E. Em-
merick, Book of Zambasta 1968 XXIII 129 foll.); —
converts Anojā etc.: Mp I 323,17 = Spk II 247,3; Dhp-a
II 125,14 = Ap-a 502,24 = Upāsak 167,22; — Ja
III 2,24; Thī-a 239,8*; — her pupil (not named) is
learning the vinaya: Vin II 261,18; — is raped by
Nanda: Dhp-a II 49,10 — 50,4 (not by Ānanda as in
Ee and PPN I 419, cf. Pj II 5,4 = Vism 687,30) ≠
Vin III 35,1-10 (Sp 272,24); — in enumerations with
Khemā, Bhaddā, Kisagotamī, Dhammadinnā, Visā-
khā: Ap 558,23 = Thī-a 114,3*; with Khemā, Paṭā-
cārā, Kuṇḍalā, Dhammadinnā, Visākhā: Ap 565,25 =
Thī-a 181,7*; and with Kisagotamī: Ap 546,7 = Thī-a
131,9*; Ap 562,1 = Thī-a 104,3*; Ap 568,27 = Thī-a
18,6*; and with Mahāmāyā: Mp I 405,4*; — often
identified with a person in a jātaka-tale; for details v.
PPN 1421; Ja II 381,21* = Dhp-a IV 89,17*; Ja
IV 22,2 = Cp-a 34,14; Ja IV 314,21* ≠ Cp-a 209,5;
Ja VI 219,25 = Cp-a 125,5; — 2. daughter of Kassapa I
of Ceylon; Mhv XXXIX 11 (trsl. I 43 n. 1).
