Uttarā2
Personパターチャーラーの説法を聞いて出家し、解脱するまで座る姿勢を崩さないという決意によって解脱を得た、サーヴァッティーの良家出身の阿羅漢の比丘尼。
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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