Uppalavanna

Uppalavanna was a Buddhist nun and one of Gautama Buddha’s two chief female disciples. Buddhist texts portray her as an arahant renowned for spiritual powers.

Gautama Buddha: Gautama Buddha was an ancient Indian spiritual teacher whose teachings founded Buddhism. Uppalavanna was counted among his chief female disciples.
Arahant: An arahant is a person who has attained liberation from the cycle of rebirth in early Buddhist traditions. Uppalavanna’s defining spiritual achievement was arahantship.
Therigatha: The Therigatha is a collection of verses attributed to early Buddhist nuns in the Pali Canon. Its verses preserve Uppalavanna’s encounter with Mara and her declaration of liberation.
Women in Buddhism: Women in Buddhism are practitioners, teachers, and institutional leaders across Buddhist traditions. Uppalavanna is an early emblem of women’s attainment and authority in Buddhist accounts.
Khema: Khema was a Buddhist nun and one of Gautama Buddha’s two chief female disciples. She shared the distinction of chief female disciple with Uppalavanna.
Nirvana: Nirvana is the cessation of the greed, hatred, and delusion that sustain suffering and rebirth. Arahantship, which Uppalavanna attained, is liberation through realizing nirvana.
Uppalavanna Sutta: The Uppalavanna Sutta is a discourse in which the nun Uppalavanna recounts confronting Mara. It presents her composure and spiritual power in her own voice.
Bhikkhuni ordination: Bhikkhuni ordination is the full monastic ordination of women in Buddhist traditions. Her life illustrates the opportunities and institutional setting created by women’s ordination.
Mahapajapati Gotami: Mahapajapati Gotami was the first woman ordained as a Buddhist nun, according to Buddhist tradition. Her role in establishing the nuns’ order shaped the institution Uppalavanna joined.
Karma in Buddhism: Karma in Buddhism is intentional action that shapes future experience and rebirth. Her stories use Buddhist ideas of past action to frame present events.

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