Uttarā2
PersonAn Arahant nun, daughter of a clansman of Sāvatthi, who entered the Order after hearing Paṭācārā teach and won liberation through her resolve not to leave her sitting posture until freed.
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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