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Note:Translations, dictionaries and commentaries were not made by the Blessed One.Cross-check with Pali in 4 main nikayas.

  • Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
  • BhikkhunivibhaṅgaThe Nuns’ Analysis
  • PācittiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on offenses entailing confession
  • ChattupāhanavaggaThe subchapter on sunshades and sandals

91–93. Sikkhamāna-sāmaṇerī-gihiniummaddāpanasikkhāpada91–93. Getting a massage from a trainee nun … from a novice nun … from a female householder

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo sikkhamānāya ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipi …pe…the nuns were having a trainee nun …

sāmaṇeriyā ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipi …pe…
sāmaṇeriyā → sāmaṇerāya (bj)
… a novice nun …

gihiniyā ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipi.
gihiniyā → gihīniyā (bj) | ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipi → ummo pi paro pi (pts)
… a female householder massage and rub them.

Manussā vihāracārikaṁ āhiṇḍantā passitvā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
khiyyanti → khīyanti (bj, sya-all, pts)
When people walking about the dwellings saw this, they complained and criticized them,
“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo gihiniyā ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipi, seyyathāpi gihiniyo kāmabhoginiyo”ti.
gihiniyā → gihīniyā (bj) | gihiniyo → gihī (bj) | gihiniyo kāmabhoginiyoti → gihikāmabhoginiyo ti (pts)
“How can the nuns get a female householder to massage and rub them? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!”

Assosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.
khiyyantānaṁ → khīyantānaṁ (bj, sya-all)
The nuns heard the complaints of those people.

Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
khiyyanti → khīyanti (bj, sya-all)
The nuns of few desires complained and criticized them,
“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo gihiniyā ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipī”ti …pe…
gihiniyā → gihīniyā (bj)
“How can nuns get a female householder to massage and rub them?”

“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo gihiniyā ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipī”ti?
gihiniyā → gihīniyā (bj)
“Is it true, monks, that the nuns do this?”

“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.“It’s true, sir.”

Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…The Buddha rebuked them … kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo gihiniyā ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipi.
gihiniyā ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipi → gihīniyā ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipi (bj)
“How can nuns do this?
Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…This will affect people’s confidence …” … evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—“And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:

“Yā pana bhikkhunī (sikkhamānāya …pe… sāmaṇeriyā …pe… ) gihiniyā ummaddāpeyya vā parimaddāpeyya vā, pācittiyan”ti.
sāmaṇeriyā → sāmaṇerāya (bj) | gihiniyā → gihīniyā (bj)
‘If a nun has (a trainee nun … a novice nun …) a female householder massage her or rub her, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”

Yā panātiA:
yā yādisā …pe…whoever …
bhikkhunītiNun:
…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.… The nun who has been given the full ordination in unanimity by both Sanghas through a legal procedure consisting of one motion and three announcements that is irreversible and fit to stand—this sort of nun is meant in this case.
Sikkhamānā nāmaA trainee nun:
dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhitasikkhā.a female who is training for two years in the six rules.
Sāmaṇerī nāma
sāmaṇerī → sāmaṇerā (bj)
A novice nun:
dasasikkhāpadikā.a female training in the ten training rules.
Gihinī nāmaA female householder:
agārinī vuccati.
agārinī → āgārinī (sya-all)
a female who lives in a house is what is meant.
Ummaddāpeyya vātiIf she has her massage her:
ummaddāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
ummaddāpeti → ubbaṭṭāpeti (bj)
if she gets her to massage her, she commits an offense entailing confession.
Parimaddāpeyya vātiIf she has her rub her:
sambāhāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.if she gets her to rub her, she commits an offense entailing confession.

Anāpatti—There is no offense: gilānāya,
gilānāya → ābādhappaccayā (sya-all, mr); ābādhapaccayā (pts1ed) | gilānāya → ābādhapaccayā (pts) | gilānāya → ābādhappaccayā (cck: ka.)
if she is sick;
āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; ummattikāya,if she is insane; ādikammikāyāti.if she is the first offender.

Aṭṭhama-navama-dasamasikkhāpadāni niṭṭhitāni.The tenth training rule is finished.

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