[531] Now at that time bhikkhus were settling a legal issue (adhikaraṇa) of bhikkhunīs. And while that legal issue was being adjudicated, there were seen bhikkhunīs who were liable to a formal act (kamma) and also who had incurred an offence (āpatti). The bhikkhunīs said this: "It is good, venerable sirs; let the noble masters themselves carry out the formal act for the bhikkhunīs; let the noble masters themselves receive the offence of the bhikkhunīs. For thus has it been laid down by the Blessed One: 'A legal issue of bhikkhunīs is to be settled by bhikkhus.'" Those bhikkhus reported this matter to the Blessed One. "Bhikkhus, I allow bhikkhus, having determined the formal act for bhikkhunīs, to hand it over to the bhikkhunīs, so that bhikkhunīs may carry out the formal act for bhikkhunīs; and I allow bhikkhus, having determined the offence of bhikkhunīs, to hand it over to the bhikkhunīs, so that bhikkhunīs may receive the offence of bhikkhunīs."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.