Pāli Dictionary
cāpa
general
활
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
차파; 아라한 비구니의 이름, 그 게송은 <장로니게>에 수록됨
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
사냥꾼의 딸로 아지비카교도 우파카의 아내가 되어 아들 수밧다를 낳았다. 우파카가 그녀의 조롱을 견디지 못해 출가하자 그녀도 사왓티까지 그를 따라가 비구니가 되어 아라한과를 얻었다.
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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