Dear Yong Peng,
I am glad to read your translation after having just returned.
I just have a few suggestions and alternatives, they are not corrections.
It is an impressive list of eminent women disciples. It shows their
different accumulations, the fields in which they excelled.
op 13-11-2005 11:47 schreef Ong Yong Peng op yongpeng.ong@...:

> A`nguttara Nikaya: Ekaka Nipaata
> Etadagga Vagga
> Pa~ncama Vagga
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> 4. ... Vinayadharaana.m yadida.m pa.taacaaraa.
> of the masters of Vinaya / that is / Patacara
> Among the masters of Vinaya: it is Patacara.

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> vinayadhara (m) master of the Vinaya.

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N: dhara: bearing, keeping in mind, knowing by heart.
An alternative: among those who are proficient in the Vinaya.
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> 7. ... Aaraddhaviiriyaana.m yadida.m so.naa.
> of the strenuous ones / that is / Sona
> Among the strenuous ones: it is Sona

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N: PTS has: who strive energetically.

> aaraddhaviriya (adj) strenuous, energetic, resolute.

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> 9. ... Khippaabhi~n~naana.m yadida.m bhaddaa ku.n.dalakesaa.
> of the ones with quick intuition / that is / Bhadda / curly hair
> Among those with quick intuition: it is curly hair Bhadda.

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N: quick to win supranatural powers. I would rather prefer the litteral:
abhiññaa instead of intuition. There are six abhiññaas classified.

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> 10. ... Pubbenivaasa.m anussarantiina.m yadida.m bhaddaa kaapilaanii.
> past lives / of the ones remembering / that is / Bhadda / Kapilani
> Among those with the ability of postcognition: it is Bhadda Kapilani.

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N: with the ability to remember past lives.
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> 11. ... Mahaabhi~n~nappattaana.m yadida.m bhaddakaccaanaa.
> of the ones who attained great knowledge / that is / Bhaddakaccana
> Among those possessing great knowledge: it is Bhaddakaccana.

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N: attained great supernormal powers.
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> 12. ... Luukhaciivaradharaana.m yadida.m kisaagotamii.
> of the ones wearing rough robes / that is / Kisagotami
> Among those wearing ragged robes: it is Kisagotami.
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> luukhaciivaradhara (adj) one wearing a rough robe.
> - luukha (adj) rough, coarse.
> - ciivara (n) outer robe of a monk.
> - dhara (adj) wearing.

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N:wearing coarse robes

Nina.