Uttarā2
PersonDie Tochter eines angesehenen Bürgers von Sāvatthi, die nach Paṭācārās Predigt in den Orden eintrat und durch die Entschlossenheit, ihre Sitzhaltung nicht zu verlassen, bis sie befreit war, die Befreiung erlangte.
She was the daughter of a clansman’s family in Sāvatthi. Having heard Paṭācārā teach, she entered the Order and became an Arahant.
The Therīgāthā contains seven verses uttered by her after becoming an Arahant, the result of her determination not to leave the sitting posture until she had won emancipation. Later she repeated these verses to Paṭācārā. Thig.vv.175-81; ThigA.161-2.
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