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		Visakha, 
						also known as Migaramata, was a wealthy aristocrat during the era of the
			
				Gautama
			
			Buddha. Born into 
						affluence in the kingdom of
			
			Magadha, Visakha met the
			
			Buddha at age seven, 
			attaining
			
			Sotapanna, the first of the four 
			stages of 
			Enlightenment,
			at that young age. Visakha later served as the Buddha's chief 
						patron, supporting him and the monastic community 
						generously and became renowned as the foremost female 
						lay disciple in generosity. 
    
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