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Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga · Vol. 3 · Section 396

[396] **Whatever** (*yā pana*): whoever, of whatever sort … **Bhikkhunī**: … this is the bhikkhunī intended in this sense. **Ordained** (*vuṭṭhāpitaṃ*): given full ordination (upasampādita). **Pavattinī**: she who is called the preceptor (upajjhāyā). **For two years** (*dve vassāni*): for two twelve-month periods. **Should not follow** (*nānubandheyya*): should not herself attend upon her. In the mere casting off of the responsibility, [thinking,] "I will not follow her for two years," there is an offence of pācittiya.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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