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Definition[1]

The women of the Śākya clan. 

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

指釋種之婦女。據增一阿含經卷二十六載,昔流離王征服釋種,並選五百釋女充實宮闈,釋女憤恚,怨言不遜,王聞之而怒,遂令群臣斷釋女手足擲深坑中。時諸釋女受其刑罰,含苦稱佛,佛陀愍其哀苦,乃與諸比丘共來為釋女宣說微妙法,諸釋女聞佛教誨,心開意解,遠離塵垢,得法眼淨,同時命終,俱生天上。〔大唐西域記卷六室羅伐悉底國

Source
佛光電子大辭典
Page
p6818
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