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Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga · Vol. 3 · Section 478

[478] When permission has not been asked, perceiving that permission has not been asked, she asks a question: an offense (āpatti) of pācittiya. When permission has not been asked, being in doubt, she asks a question: an offense of pācittiya. When permission has not been asked, perceiving that permission has been asked, she asks a question: an offense of pācittiya. When permission has been asked, perceiving that permission has not been asked: an offense of dukkaṭa. When permission has been asked, being in doubt: an offense of dukkaṭa. When permission has been asked, perceiving that permission has been asked: no offense (anāpatti).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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