Talk:Patacara

What does "Patacara" mean?
Near the end of the section about "Loss of family" come these sentences:

> She gradually became unaware of the importance and conduct of clothes which was a great challenge to the norms and values of society. Thus came the name 'Patacara'.

But what excactly does the name "Patacara" mean? It is nowhere clearly explained in the article, except for very vaguely in the following section where she meets the Buddha:

> When she was asked to tell her actual name, she felt awkward as her actual name was 'Roopwati' which means beauty and her condition was completely opposite of her name. Hence, she introduced herself as 'Patacara'.

So maybe "Patacara" just means "ugly"? It would be nice to clarify this.

--42.115.88.104 (talk) 15:36, 22 September 2020 (UTC)


 * IP addresses hardly ever log in again, so this is probably in vain, but here goes: Try this source, it's an online version of the DPPN by Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera. There's your answer.-- Farang Rak Tham   (Talk) 21:10, 22 September 2020 (UTC)