Mettikā Therī untranslated

Mettikā Therī. She was born in a rich Brahmin family of Rājagaha and joined the Saṅgha under Pajāpatī Gotamī. One day, in her old age, while meditating on the top of a peak, her insight expanded and she became an Arahant.

In the time of Siddhartha Buddha, she belonged to a burgher’s family and offered her mekhalā girdle at the Buddha’s cetiya (Thīg.29, 30; Thīg­a.35f). She is evidently identical with Mekhaladāyikā of the Apadāna. Ap.ii.513.