Vimala untranslated

Vimala 01. Vimala Thera. One of the four friends of Yasa who, following the latter’s example, joined the Saṅgha and attained Arahant-ship. Vin.i.18f.

Vimala 02. Vimala Thera. He belonged to a rich family of Rājagaha and received his name because he was born free of all dirt. Much impressed by the majesty of the Buddha when the latter visited Rājagaha, Vimala entered the Saṅgha, and lived in a mountain cave in Kosala. One day a vast cloud spread over the sky; rain fell, allaying the heat and discomfort, and Vimala, concentrating his mind, attained Arahant-ship.

He belonged to a family of conch blowers in the time of Vipassī Buddha, and one day honoured the Buddha by playing on his conch shell. He bathed the Bodhi-tree of Kassapa Buddha with fragrant water and washed the seats and the clothes of holy monks. Twenty-four kappas ago he was king six times, under the name of Mahā Nigghosa. Thag­a.i.121f; his Udāna verse is included in Thag.vs.50.

Vimala 03. Vimala Thera. He was born in a Brahmin family of Benares and entered the Saṅgha under Somamitta Thera, who encouraged him to attain Arahant-ship. In the story of Somamitta, however, Vimala is said to have been his teacher. For details see Somamitta. In the days of Padumuttara Buddha he was a householder, and, when the Buddha’s body was being carried to the pyre for cremation, amidst impressive celebrations, he offered sumana-flowers in his honour. Thag­a.i.377; three verses ascribed to him occur in Thag.vs.264-6.

Vimala 04. A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70; Ap­a.i.107.

Vimala 05. One of the palaces of Piyadassī Buddha before his renunciation. Bv.xiv.16.

Vimala 06. A king of sixty-one kappas ago, a former birth of Udakadāyaka (Sānu) Thera. Ap.i.205; Thag­a.i.115.

Vimala 07. A king of twenty-one kappas ago who lived in the palace Suddassana in Reṇuvatī. He was a former birth of Rāhula. Ap.i.61.

Vimalā 01. Vimalā Therī. The daughter of a courtesan of Vesālī. Having one day seen Moggallāna begging in Vesālī for alms, she went to his dwelling and tried to entice him. Some say, adds the Commentator, that she was influenced by the heretics. The incident is referred to at Thag­a.ii.178, but Vimalā’s name is not given. The Elder rebuked and admonished her, and she became a lay follower and later entered the Saṅgha. There after great effort, she became an Arahant. Thīg­a.76f.; her Udāna verses are included in Thīg.vs.72-6.

Vimalā 02. A Nāga maiden, queen of Varuṇa. See the Vidhurapaṇḍitajātaka.

Vimalā 03. Wife of Piyadassī Buddha in his last lay life. Bv.xiv.17.

Vimalā 04. A Nāga maiden; Uppalavaṇṇā in the time of Padumuttara Buddha. Ap.ii.553.