Ambapali or Amrapali was of unknown parentage, and was given her name because at her birth she was found at the foot of a mango tree in one of the royal gardens in Vaishali. (Etymologically, the name, Ambapali or Amrapali, is derived from a combination of two Sanskrit words: "amra", meaning mango, and "pallawa", meaning young leaves or sprouts.) On growing up, Vimala Kondanna too became a Buddhist monk. References; Khuddaka Nikaya, part 9 (Therigatha) Canto 13; Digha Nikaya 16 (Mahaparinibbanasutta - part 2, 16-26); Malalasekera: Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names (s.v.)
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