She was born in a poor family of Sávatthi and was married to a rush-plaiter (nalakára).
Her first child was a son, named Sumangala, who left the world and became an arahant (See Sumangala 7).
She became a nun, and one day, while reflecting on all she had suffered in the lay life, she was much affected, and, her insight quickening, she became an arahant. Thig.vss.23-24; ThigA.28f.