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Cāpā Therī (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. Thig.291‑311; ThigA.220 ff; SNA.i.259 f.