[78] **"And bhikkhunīs" (bhikkhuniyo paneva):** this is said of those who are fully ordained.
**"They dwell in company" (saṃsaṭṭhā viharanti)** [2]: they dwell in company through unbecoming bodily and verbal (association) [3].
**"Of evil conduct" (pāpācārā):** possessed of evil conduct.
**"Of evil reputation" (pāpasaddā):** notorious through an evil report of renown.
**"Of evil renown" (pāpasilokā):** they make their living by an evil wrong livelihood.
**"Harassers of the bhikkhunī Saṅgha" (bhikkhunīsaṅghassa vihesikā):** when a formal act (kamma) is being carried out against one of their number [1], they protest against it.
**"Concealers of one another's faults" (aññamaññissā vajjapaṭicchādikā):** they conceal one another's faults.
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[1] The Burmese (Ma.) and European (Yu.) editions read: "vajjapaṭicchādikāti."
[2] The Burmese and European editions insert here: "viharantīti saṃsaṭṭhā nāma."
[3] The reading should be "kāyikavācasikena saṃsaggena" ("through bodily and verbal association").
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.