Mutta Muttā
Buddhist nun · ancient India · c. 5th century BC
A nun of early Buddhism. She is said to have been born a poor brahmin's daughter, married off to a hunchbacked husband, and then to have left home for the order. Her name means "the freed one."
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c. 5th century BC
I am well freed, how well I am freed, freed from three crooked things: the mortar, the pestle, and my crook-backed husband.
Sumuttā sādhumuttāmhi, tīhi khujjehi muttiyā; Udukkhalena musalena, patinā khujjakena ca
Therigatha (Verses of the Elder Nuns) 1.11
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