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Sīvalā

1. Sīvalā, Sīvalī.– A leading female disciple (aggasāvikā) of Siddhattha Buddha. Bu.xvii.19; J.i.40.

2. Sīvalā, Sīvalī.– A leading female disciple (aggasāvikā) of Maṅgala Buddha. Bu.iv.24; J.i.34.

3. Sīvalā.– One of the chief women patrons of Koṇāgamana Buddha. Bu.xxiv.24.

4. Sīvalā.– A daughter of Matusīva. Dpv.xi.7.

5. Sīvalā.– An eminent Therī, teacher of the Vinaya in Sri Lanka. Dpv.xviii.27.

6. Sīvalā.– An eminent Therī of Jambudīpa who, with Mahāruhā, came to Sri Lanka at the head of twenty thousand nuns at the invitation of King Abhaya and taught the Tipiṭaka in Anurādhapura. Dpv.xviii.31 f.

7. Sīvalā.– See Sīvalī.