Sīhā Therī untranslated

Sīhā Therī. She was the niece of Sīhasenāpati and was born in Vesālī. She heard, one day, Gotama Buddha preach to Sāriputta, and entered the Saṅgha with her parents’ consent. For seven years she tried, without success, to concentrate her mind. Then she tied a noose round her neck and fastened the end to a tree, and in this position she compelled her mind to gain insight. Then she loosened the noose. Thīg.vss.77-81; Thīg­a.79.