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'''Velukandakiya''' is considered one of the two standard-bearer [[layman|lay]] [[female]] [[Śrāvaka|disciples]] of the [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]], the other being [[Khujjuttara]]. She is known as the mother of Nanda (not the stepbrother of Buddha with the same name). She is praised as the standard bearer lay female disciple in [[Samyutta Nikaya]]17.24, Only daughter.<br />
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:''"Dear, you should become like Khujjuttara the lay follower and Velukandakiya Nanda's mother – for this is the standard and criterion for my female disciples who are lay followers, that is Khujjuttara the lay follower and Velukandakiya, Nanda's mother.''<br />
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