Khadiravaniyattheragāthā
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral
1.1“Cāle upacāle sīsūpacāle (…),Cālā, Upacālā, Sīsupacālā—11.2Patissatā nu kho viharatha;meditate mindfully!1.3Āgato vo vālaṁ viya vedhī”ti.I’ve come to you like a hair-splitter.2
1.4… Khadiravaniyo thero ….
These are the three sisters whose verses are recorded respectively at SN 5.6 and Thig 7.2; SN 5.7 and Thig 7.3; SN 5.8 and Thig 8.1, with some confusion in the attributions.
The names are feminine vocative singular. Rhys Davids and Norman translated them as masculine following the commentary, despite the grammatical implausibility and the absence of any such male group of three elsewhere. True, there is a Cāla and Upacāla mentioned at AN 10.72:1.2, but despite the text’s claim, all the monks there are otherwise unknown.
A more substantial set of verses is attributed to the same monk at Thag 14.1.
