2. Cittā.-A Therī. She was the daughter of a leading citizen of Rājagaha. Hearing the Buddha preach, she entered the Order under Pajāpatī Gotamī. In her old age she went to Gijjhakūta and there, after meditation, she attained arahantship.
Ninety-four kappas ago she was a kinnarā on the bank of the Canda-bhāgā and there offered flowers to a Pacceka Buddha (Thig.vs.27f.; ThigA.33f). She is probably identical with Nalamālikā of the Apadāna (ii.528f).