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Tissā2

Person

कपिलवस्तु के शाक्य परिवार की अरहंत भिक्षुणी, जो बोधिसत्व के राजदरबार में परिचारिका थी, महाप्रजापती गोतमी के साथ प्रवजित हुई, तथा बुद्ध द्वारा प्रकाश-किरण में कही गई एक गाथा सुनकर अरहंतत्व प्राप्त किया।

An Arahant Therī belonging to a Sakyan family of Kapilavatthu. She became a lady of the Bodhisatta’s court, but later renounced the world with Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, and practised insight. One day the Buddha appeared before her in a ray of glory and uttered a stanza, at the conclusion of which she became an Arahant (Thig.4; ThigA.11).

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