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.