Pāli Dictionary

Cāpā

Person

Also known as Chāvā

एक शिकारी की पुत्री जो आजीविक उपक की पत्नी बनी और उसे एक पुत्र सुभद्द को जन्म दिया; जब उपक उसके ताने सहन न कर सका और संघ में प्रवेश कर लिया, तो वह भी उसका पीछा करते हुए सावत्थी गई, स्वयं भिक्षुणी बनी और अर्हत्व प्राप्त किया।

A trapper’s daughter in Vaṅkahāra who became the wife of the Ājīvaka Upaka and bore him a son, Subhadda.

When Upaka, unable to bear his wife’s taunts, renounced the world and joined the Order, she followed him to Sāvatthi, and there, having become a nun, attained Arahantship. Thig.291-311; ThigA.220 ff; SNA.i.259 f.

Thig 13.3

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