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Verses of the Elder Bhikkhunīs Chapter of the Sixes Verses of the Elder Anopamā “I was Majjha’s daughter: well-born, with much wealth and property, endowed with beauty. Sons of kings pursued me, sons of wealthy merchants desired me. One sent out a messenger for my father: ‘Give me Anopamā! However much she is worth, your daughter Anopamā, I will give you eight times as much in gold and gems.’ When I saw the Self-Enlightened One, the supreme in the world, the unsurpassable one, I paid homage at his feet, and sat down to one side. Gotama taught me the Dhamma out of compassion. Sitting on that seat, I reached the third fruit. Then I cut off my hair, and went forth into homelessness. Today is the seventh night from when craving was made to wither.” The Elder Anopamā