Pāli Dictionary
cāpa
general
un arc
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.
Part of speech
noun · feminine
monastic
Cāpā; nom d’une nonne arahant dont les versets sont consignés dans le Therīgāthā
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.
Encyclopedia
Fille d’un trappeur devenue l’épouse de l’Ājīvaka Upaka, à qui elle donna un fils, Subhadda ; lorsque Upaka, ne supportant plus ses moqueries, entra dans l’Ordre, elle le suivit à Sāvatthi, devint elle-même nonne et atteignit l’état d’Arahant.
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.
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