Biṇḍumatī untranslated

Biṇḍumatī. A courtesan of Pāṭaliputta. She was present when Asoka, sailing up the Ganges, asked his ministers and the people if there were any person who could make the river flow backwards. Biṇḍumatī performed an act of Truth (saccakiriyā) and the river rolled back. Mil.121f.