Pāli Dictionary

cāpā

cāpastemṇasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

monastic

  • Cāpā; name of an arahant nun whose verses are recorded in the Therīgāthā

  • Thig 13.3

    sumattaṃ maṃ maññamānā, cāpā puttam'atosayi, cāpāya bandhanaṃ chetvā, pabbajissaṃ puno'p'ahaṃ.

cāpa

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

dhanu

general

  • a bow (for shooting arrows)

  • Dhp 156

    acaritvā brahmacariyaṃ, aladdhā yobbane dhanaṃ, senti cāpa-atikhīṇā'va, purāṇāni anutthunaṃ.

  • Dhp 320

    ahaṃ nāgo'va saṅgāme, cāpato patitaṃ saraṃ, ativākyaṃ titikkhissaṃ, dussīlo hi bahujjano.

Encyclopedia

Cāpā
Person

  • A trapper’s daughter who became the wife of the Ājīvaka Upaka and bore him a son, Subhadda; when Upaka, unable to bear her taunts, joined the Order, she followed him to Sāvatthi, became a nun herself, and attained Arahantship.

Thig 13.3

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