Guttā
PersonUne femme d’une famille brahmane de Sāvatthi qui, trouvant la vie de foyer répugnante, entra dans l’Ordre sous Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī avec le consentement de ses parents et, après une longue lutte pour concentrer son esprit, atteignit l’état d’Arahant grâce aux encouragements du Bouddha.
She belonged to a brahmin family of Sāvatthi; when she reached adolescence household life became repugnant to her owing to her dependence (upanissaya), and, with her parents’ consent, she entered the Order under Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī. For a long time she could not concentrate her mind, but, encouraged by the Buddha, she attained Arahantship. Thig.vv.163-8; ThigA.157 f.
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