Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names by G P Malalasekera
Makhilā
Makhilā:1.Makhilā. A city near the Deer Park at Isipatana close to where Kakusandha Buddha preached his first sermon.BuA.210.
2.Makhilā.One of the two chief women disciples of Sikhī Buddha.J.i.41; BuA.204; see also Akhilā.
3.Makhilā. One of the chief female lay patrons of Atthadassī Buddha.Bu.xv.21.
4.Makhilā.Wife of Sobhita Buddha in his last lay life; she gave him a meal of milk rice just before his Enlightenment.BuA.137; but Bu (vii.18) calls her Samangī.