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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

10: The Book of the Tens

213. Women

1"Bhikkhus, possessing ten qualities, women are deposited in hell as if brought there. What ten? (1) They destroy life … as above … and (10) hold wrong view. Possessing these ten qualities, women are deposited in hell as if brought there.

1"Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. Katamehi dasahi? Pāṇātipātī hoti … pe … adinnādāyī hoti … kāmesumicchācārī hoti … musāvādī hoti … pisuṇavāco hoti … pharusavāco hoti … samphappalāpī hoti … abhijjhālu hoti … byāpannacitto hoti … micchādiṭṭhiko hoti …. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

2"Bhikkhus, possessing ten qualities, women are deposited in heaven as if brought there. What ten? (1) They abstain from the destruction of life … as above … and (10) hold right view. Possessing these ten qualities, women are deposited in heaven as if brought there."

2Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. Katamehi dasahi? Pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti … pe … adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti … kāmesumicchācārā paṭivirato hoti … musāvādā paṭivirato hoti … pisuṇāya vācāya paṭivirato hoti … pharusāya vācāya paṭivirato hoti … samphappalāpā paṭivirato hoti … anabhijjhālu hoti … abyāpannacitto hoti … sammādiṭṭhiko hoti …. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge"ti.

Tatiyaṁ.