[46] At that time the Buddha, the Blessed One, was dwelling at Rājagaha, in the Veḷuvana, the Squirrels' Feeding Ground (Kalandakanivāpa). Now at that time the bhikkhunī Uppalavaṇṇā was dwelling at Sāvatthī. Then, in the morning, the bhikkhunī Uppalavaṇṇā dressed, and taking her bowl and robe, entered Sāvatthī for alms. Having walked for alms in Sāvatthī and returned from the almsround after her meal, she approached the Andhavana for the day's abiding; and having plunged into the Andhavana, she sat down for the day's abiding at the foot of a certain tree.
Now at that time thieves who had done their deed, having slaughtered a cow and taken the meat, entered the Andhavana. The chief of the thieves saw the bhikkhunī Uppalavaṇṇā seated for the day's abiding at the foot of a certain tree. On seeing her, this occurred to him: "If my sons and brothers see her, they will molest this bhikkhunī," and he went by another way. Then, when the meat was cooked, that chief of thieves took the choicest pieces of meat, tied them into a packet with a leaf, hung it on a tree not far from the bhikkhunī Uppalavaṇṇā, and saying, "Whatever ascetic or brahmin sees this — it is given indeed; let him take it," he departed.
The bhikkhunī Uppalavaṇṇā, emerging from concentration (samādhi), heard that chief of thieves as he uttered these words. Then the bhikkhunī Uppalavaṇṇā took that meat and went to the nuns' quarters. Then, when that night had passed, the bhikkhunī Uppalavaṇṇā prepared that meat, tied it into a bundle with her upper robe, rose up into the air, and alighted in the Veḷuvana.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.