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Vajira (Buddhist nun) Vajira, a Buddhist nun mentioned in the Samyutta Nikaya (I.134-55), is one of the earliest women adepts in Buddhist history. She was confronted by Mara while meditating and asked about the origin and creator of her "Being", i.e., her soul. Sh ...

, mentioned in the Samyutta Nikaya *

Vajira Hospital Vajira Hospital ( th, วชิรพยาบาล, ) is one of the first hospitals in Thailand, founded by King Rama VI. It is a teaching university hospital of the Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University; the Faculty o ...

, in Bangkok, Thailand *

Princess Vajira Vajira (also called Vajirakumari) was Empress of the Haryanka dynasty, Magadha Empire as the principal consort of Emperor Ajatashatru. She was the mother of her husband's successor, Emperor Udayibhadra. Vajira was born a princess of the Monarc ...

, Empress of the Magadha Empire c. 492 – c. 460 *

Sister Vajirā Sister Vajirā (Hannelore Wolf) was a dasa sil mata, a Buddhist ten precept-holder nun in Sri Lanka. Lay life Hannelore was looking for religious meanings and in early summer 1949 she came across the teachings of the Buddha. Hannelore was so im ...

, a Buddhist ten precept-holder nun in Sri Lanka

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