dantika

Dantika was another of Mahapajapati’s disciples. She often went to the forest to meditate, and perhaps lived in the forest. She did this before the rule was established that nuns could not go into the forest alone. (Murcott)

Our Great Matriarchs, Clouds in Water Zen Center

“Taming the mind, why I’d gone to the woods in the first place”

Therigatha 3.4 (Verses of the Elder Nuns)