Sattarasakaṇḍa

Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga · Vol. 3 · Section 32

[32] **"Whatever" (yā pana):** whoever, of whatever sort … **"Bhikkhunī":** … this is the **bhikkhu**nī intended in this sense. **"One who speaks out of spite" (usuyyavādikā):** one who takes up a legal case (aṭṭakārikā) is what is meant. **"Householder" (gahapati):** anyone who dwells in a house. **"Householder's son" (gahapatiputta):** whichever sons and brothers. **"Slave" (dāsa):** one born within the household, one bought with money, one brought in as a captive. **"Laborer" (kammakara):** a hired worker, one conscripted into service. **"Ascetic or wanderer" (samaṇaparibbājaka):** anyone who has attained to the state of a wanderer (paribbājaka), setting aside a bhikkhu, a bhikkhunī, a sikkhamānā, a sāmaṇera, and a sāmaṇerī. If, thinking, "I will take up a legal case," she seeks a companion or goes — an offence of wrong-doing (dukkaṭa). She informs the first party — an offence of wrong-doing. She informs the second party — a grave offence (thullaccaya). At the conclusion of the case — an offence entailing a formal meeting of the Saṅgha (saṅghādisesa). [Siam edition footnotes: ¹ Yu. reads *kathaṃ*; M. reads *paṭhamaṃ bhikkhuniyo … dutiyaṃ … tatiyaṃ …* ² M., Yu. read *kammakārena*. ³ M., Yu. read *yo koci*.]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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