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1　… that (girl) says (1) : The queen of the Śākyas Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī has sent (me) 2　(to ask when the Buddhagod the teacher) will come (from the city of Śrāvastī) to the city of Kapilavastu. The Śākya men are, as it were, crowded by Śākya women, …

3　… I have got the opportunity (to ask) whether at the Nyagrodhārāma monastery, he, Mahānāman (by name), (might) now …

4　the lay-women worship the Vihāras. Having seen … (2) , Muktikā (3) says: ||

5　(Paṭṭinī) says (4) : I come here to ask about the coming of the Buddhagod the teacher, when he (is about to come).

6　(Paṭṭi)nī says: With great efforts on the part of the Śākya queen Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī, 7　(a cloth) has come into existence. Therefore she now keeps asking when the Buddhagod teacher is about to arrive.

8　The Śākya queen Gautamī, … noblest among women (5) , among the skills however weaving (6) is the lowiest of all.

YQ 1.21 1/1 [verso]