Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.477
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c16.477
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Cāpā Therī (v.l. Chāvā).—A trapper's daughter in Vaṅkahāra who became the wife of the Ājīvaka Upaka and bore him a son, Subhadda. When Upaka, unable to bear his wife's taunts, renounced the world and joined the Order, she followed him to Sāvatthi, and there, having become a nun, attained arahantship.¹