Pāli Dictionary
cāpa
general
弓
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
チャーパー；阿羅漢比丘尼の名、その偈頌は『長老尼偈』に収録される
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
猟師の娘で、アージーヴィカ教徒ウパカの妻となり子スバッダを産んだ女性。ウパカは彼女の嘲りに耐えかねて出家すると、彼女もサーヴァッティーまで彼を追い、自らも尼僧となって阿羅漢果を得た。
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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