Siṅgālakamātātherīvatthu

247. Terasame saddhādhimuttānanti saddhālakkhaṇe abhiniviṭṭhānaṃ, siṅgālakamātā, aggāti dasseti. Ayaṃ kira padumuttarabuddhakāle haṃsavatiyaṃ kulaghare nibbattā satthu dhammakathaṃ suṇantī satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuniṃ saddhādhimuttānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā adhikārakammaṃ katvā taṃ ṭhānantaraṃ patthesi. Sā kappasatasahassaṃ devamanussesu saṃsaritvā imasmiṃ buddhuppāde rājagahanagare seṭṭhikule nibbattā samānajātikaṃ kulaṃ gantvā ekaṃ puttaṃ vijāyi, tassa siṅgālakakumāroti nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Sāpi teneva kāraṇena siṅgālakamātā nāma jātā. Sā ekadivasaṃ satthu dhammakathaṃ sutvā paṭiladdhasaddhā satthu santikaṃ gantvā pabbaji. Pabbajitakālato paṭṭhāya saddhindriyaṃ adhimattaṃ paṭilabhi. Sā dhammassavanatthāya vihāraṃ gantvā dasabalassa sarīrasampattiṃ olokayamānāva tiṭṭhati. Satthā tassā saddhālakkhaṇe abhiniviṭṭhabhāvaṃ ñatvā sappāyaṃ katvā pasādanīyameva dhammaṃ desesi. Sāpi therī saddhālakkhaṇameva dhuraṃ katvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Atha naṃ satthā aparabhāge jetavane nisīditvā bhikkhuniyo paṭipāṭiyā ṭhānantare ṭhapento imaṃ theriṃ saddhādhimuttānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesīti.

Pañcamavaggavaṇṇanā.

Terasasuttapaṭimaṇḍitāya theripāḷiyā vaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.