• Verses of the Senior Nuns 1.7 Therīgāthā 1.7
  • The Book of the Ones Ekakanipāta

Vīrā Vīrātherīgāthā

She’s known as Vīrā because of her heroic qualities, “Vīrā vīrehi dhammehi, a nun with faculties developed. bhikkhunī bhāvitindriyā; She bears her final body, Dhāreti antimaṁ dehaṁ, having vanquished Māra with his legions. jetvā māraṁ savāhinin”ti.

… Vīrā therī ….