Khema
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Khema (Skt. Kṣemā; P. Khemā; T. Dge ma དགེ་མ་; C. Anwen) was a bhikkhuni, or nun, who was one of the top female disciples of the Buddha. According to tradition, the Buddha declared her his female disciple foremost in wisdom.
Further reading:
- Khema (Wikipedia)
- Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Kṣemā
Nyanaponika Thera; Hecker, Hellmuth (2003), Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy (PDF), Wisdom Publications
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