[518] Question: Where was the saṅghādisesa concerning a bhikkhunī who is a malicious speaker (usūyavādikā) and initiates litigation laid down by that Blessed One who knows and sees, the Arahant, the Perfectly Self-Awakened One?
Answer: It was laid down at Sāvatthī.
Q. Concerning whom?
A. Concerning the bhikkhunī Thullanandā.
Q. On account of what matter?
A. On account of the matter of the bhikkhunī Thullanandā dwelling as a malicious speaker.
Q. Is there in it a laying-down (paññatti), a supplementary laying-down (anupaññatti), an unarisen laying-down (anuppannapaññatti)?
A. There is one laying-down; a supplementary laying-down and an unarisen laying-down do not exist in it.
Q. Is it a laying-down for everywhere, or a laying-down for a particular region?
A. It is a laying-down for everywhere.
Q. Is it a laying-down held in common, or not held in common?
A. It is a laying-down not held in common.
Q. Is it a laying-down for one side, or a laying-down for both sides?
A. It is a laying-down for one side.
Q. Of the four Pātimokkha recitations (uddesa), in which is it comprised, in which is it included?
A. It is comprised in the introduction (nidāna), included in the introduction.
Q. By which recitation does it come up for recitation?
A. It comes up for recitation by the third recitation.
Q. Of the four failures (vipatti), which failure is it?
A. It is failure of virtue (sīlavipatti).
Q. Of the seven classes of offence, which class of offence is it?
A. It is the class of saṅghādisesa offence.
Q. Of the six origins of offences, by how many origins does it originate?
A. It originates by two origins: it may originate from body and from speech, not from mind (citta); it may originate from body, from speech, and from mind. …
Q. By whom was it handed on?
A. It has been handed on by succession. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.