Pāli Dictionary

cāpa

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

dhanu

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.

cāpā

approximate

cāpastemṇasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

monastic

  • 恰帕；阿罗汉比丘尼名，其偈颂收录于《长老尼偈》中

  • 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

Cāpā
Personapproximate

  • 一位猎人之女，嫁给邪命外道优波迦为妻，育有一子须跋陀；优波迦不堪她的讥讽而出家后，她也随之前往舍卫城，出家为尼，证得阿罗汉果。

  • 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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