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Tissā2

Person

보살의 궁정 시녀로 지내다가 마하빠자빠띠 고따미와 함께 출가하여 붓다께서 광명 속에서 읊으신 게송을 듣고 아라한이 된, 까삘라왓투의 사꺄족 출신 아라한 비구니.

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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