She belonged to a respectable family in Sāvatthi and was given in marriage to a suitable husband. Having heard the Doctrine, she wished to join the Order, but her husband refused his permission. After his death she became a nun, and one day, while returning from her alms round, she slipped and fell. Meditating on this, she became an Arahant. Thig.vs.17; ThigA.23 f.