Uttarā2
PersonLa fille d’un notable de Sāvatthi, entrée dans l’Ordre après avoir entendu Paṭācārā enseigner, et qui atteignit la libération grâce à sa détermination à ne pas quitter sa posture assise avant d’être libérée.
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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