Sutta Piṭaka · Khuddaka Nikāya

Patipūjikā

PaliPatipūjikā ("one who honours her husband" — descriptive epithet)
Roleyoung laywoman of Sāvatthī; figure in the vatthu for Dhp 48
Alternate names(none canonical)
English · sourceSinhala translation · pending
Page details
Type
person
Stub
pilot — created to support pending-link resolution from dhammapada 04 pupphavagga (Dhp 48 vatthu); to be expanded when the Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā (TD-007) is ingested
Selected refs
the vatthu attribution is commentarial (Dhp-a on Dhp 48 — not canonical; see TD-007)
Last updated
2026-04-14

Summary: Patipūjikā is traditionally (per Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā) a young laywoman of Sāvatthī whose lifetime of daily offerings is measured against the life-span of a celestial deity — establishing the vast scale on which devotional merit may operate across rebirths. The Dhp-a narrative occasions Dhp 48 (death seizes the flower-gatherer before desires are met). The canonical suttas do not name her; the story is commentarial. (commentary — not canonical)

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