Talk:Patacara

A fact from Patacara appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 April 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Patacara, who became a Buddhist while disconsolately wandering naked through the Indian city of Savatthi, rose to become the foremost bhikkhuni of Gautama Buddha in her mastery of the Vinaya?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/April.

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Perhaps there should be more references, including one to an online source in the original language. and a translation of the full actual scripture instead of the excerpts given in the single reference, --and print, if there are better versions there. I would also expect to see a reference to some discussion of this in an accessible source--and print, if there are better sources there. DGG 19:17, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Added a reference to the introduction, noting that the same story is attributed in Buddhist texts to two different women and linked to the Wiki page about the other woman. This could be expanded or given more detail, but a very good citation which also links to some of the original text which will hopefully help others add more information to this Wikipedia article 2601:646:C002:2557:7D90:2A6E:DC0A:7C0B (talk) 06:16, 1 April 2017 (UTC) Don't have an account so not sure how to sign this — 31 March 2017[reply]

What does "Patacara" mean?[edit]

Near the end of the section about "Loss of family" come these sentences:

> She gradually became unaware of the importance and conduct of clothes which was a great challenge to the norms and values of society. Thus came the name 'Patacara'.

But what excactly does the name "Patacara" mean? It is nowhere clearly explained in the article, except for very vaguely in the following section where she meets the Buddha:

> When she was asked to tell her actual name, she felt awkward as her actual name was 'Roopwati' which means beauty and her condition was completely opposite of her name. Hence, she introduced herself as 'Patacara'.

So maybe "Patacara" just means "ugly"? It would be nice to clarify this.

--42.115.88.104 (talk) 15:36, 22 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

IP addresses hardly ever log in again, so this is probably in vain, but here goes: Try this source, it's an online version of the DPPN by Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera. There's your answer.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 21:10, 22 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]