Question

Q: Why the members of Sangha were called Bhikku and Bhikkunies

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

Male monastics are called bhikkhus. ... According to the Buddhist Canon, women are as capable of reaching nirvana as men. The Canon reports that the order of bhikkhunis was first created by the Buddha at the specific request of his aunt and foster-mother Mahapajapati Gotami, who became the first ordained bhikkhuni.

Pali: भिक्खुनी; (bhikkhunī)

Sanskrit: भिक्षुणी; (IAST: bhikṣuṇī)

English: Nun

Tibetan: དགེ་སློང་མ་; (gelongma (dge slong ma)