Patacara is from the Pali pata (cloak) and cara (walker). **Patacara** lost her husband, two sons, parents, and brother in a single day's series of tragedies — wandering naked in grief, she came to the Buddha, who healed her mind. **She became foremost in mastery of the Vinaya (monastic discipline)** and famous for her teachings to mothers who had lost children.
Featured in the Therigatha and Dhammapada commentary.
Patacara reduces to two — the number of Buddhist Vinaya master.