Sīhā
PersonA nun of Vesāli, niece of the general Sīha, who after seven years of fruitless effort gained insight by binding a noose around her neck in desperate resolve, thereby attaining Arahantship.
She was the niece of Sīha senāpati and was born in Vesāli.
She heard, one day, the Buddha teach Sāriputta, and entered the Order with her parents’ consent.
For seven years she tried, without success, to concentrate her mind. Then she tied a noose round her neck and fastened the end to a tree, and in this position she compelled her mind to gain insight. Then she loosened the noose. Thig.vss.77-81; ThigA.79.
Thig 5.3
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