Uttarā¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses tell of her awakening. Thig.15

Uttarā²

The Therīgāthā contains seven verses uttered by her after becoming an arahant, the result of her determination not to leave the sitting posture till she had won emancipation. Thig.175–181

Uttarā³

In the Theragāthā two verses Thag.1020–1021 are attributed to Ānanda, as having been spoken by him in admonition to a lay woman named Uttarā, who was filled with the idea of her own beauty.

Uttarā⁴Nandamātā

In the Aṅguttara Nikāya, AN.i.26 she is described as the best of women disciples in jhāna. She is again mentioned AN.iv.347 in a list of eminent lay-women disciples, who observed the uposatha of the eight precepts.

Uttarā⁵

A little yakkhinī, sister of Punabbasu. For her story see Uttaramātā.

Uttarā⁶

Chief female lay disciple of Koṇāgamana Buddha. DN.ii.7