[353] **"Whatever":** whoever, of whatever sort … **"Bhikkhunī":** … this is the bhikkhunī intended in this sense.
**"Has completed the rains residence" (vassaṃ vutthā):** she has dwelt either the earlier three months or the later three months.
When she thinks, "I shall not give the invitation (pavāraṇā) before both Saṅghas with respect to the three grounds — by what has been seen, by what has been heard, or by what is suspected" — at the mere laying down of the responsibility, there is an offence of pācittiya.
**Non-offence clause (anāpattivāra)**
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.