Sutta on Patacara Theri?

The Watercooler
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Am looking for a sutta that tells the story of Patacara Theri, in which how she was ordained was clearly stated. I remember someone saying that she was in fact ordained by the Buddha (Ehi Patacara or something like that). My memory may have failed me.

P.S. I’ve been looking for a piece of evidence to indicate that the Buddha himself ordained Patacara just by saying ‘Come, Patacara.’

Thank you.

Dheerayupa

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It seems from the commentary, not the sutta itself.

You can find the information here (which relates the story of Kisa Gotami and Patacara):

and here:

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Thank you. :pray:

I’ve been trying to find a piece of evidence that ‘the Buddha’ actually ordained Patacara himself.

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https://suttacentral.net/thi-ap20/en/walters

I’m not seeing it in the Apadana.

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The only place where the “ehi” ordination is mentioned in the Suttas with relation to a nun is not with Patacara, but with Bhadda Kundalakesa in her Therigatha, Thig 5.9, and in this case it’s indeed the Buddha who ordains her:

Thig5.9:3.1-4:
I bent my knee and bowed,
and in his presence raised my joined palms.
“Come Bhaddā,” he said;
that was my ordination.

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Thanks a million!

I got the name wrong. :smiley:

I just wanted evidence that the Buddha ordained a woman by ‘Ehi’ method.

Sadhu!

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