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Ekūposathikā

Person

一位阿罗汉,前生身为担水的婢女,因见槃头摩王持斋而自行受持戒律,此后多次转生为天上人间的王后,最后一生七岁出家,八个月内即证阿罗汉果。

An Arahant. In the past she was a slave-girl, a water-carrier in the city of Bandhumatī. Seeing the King Bandhumā keeping the fast, she took the precepts herself and kept them well. Sixty-four times she became the queen of rulers in heaven, and was sixty-three times queen among men. Her complexion was always of a golden hue. In her last life she left the world at the age of seven, and attained Arahantship within eight months (Ap.ii.522 f).

She is probably identical with Uttamā Therī. See ThigA.46 ff.

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