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Velukandakiya

Velukandakiya was a lay female disciple of the Buddha. Velukandakiya is also known as Uttara and Nandamata (lit.'mother of Nanda', not to be confused with the stepbrother of Buddha with the same name).

She is praised as the standard-bearer lay female disciple in Samyutta Nikaya 17.24, Only daughter.

The other important female disciple was Khujjuttara.

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