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1　… together with Arhats having (cut off) their topknots (1) , … his father the king Śuddhodana, his mother (Gautamī), …

2　he went to the city (of Kapilavastu). At that time (2) the Śākya nobles set up a rule: Whenever Buddhagod (the teacher) …

3　(a woman) is not to come. Then Buddhagod the teacher preached the Law for the first time, eight(y 4　thousand) … (Śākyas) attained the glory. He preached for the third time (3) , [and] forty thousand Śākyas attained the glory. Eighteen (myriads) …

5　not a single (4) Śākya woman had attained the glory. Having seen that, the Śākya women …

6　they came to each other and complained (5) : why did Buddhagod the teacher (preach) the Law only to men?

7　the Śākya women got together, [and] paid respect to Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī.

8　… has Buddhagod the teacher (6) arisen in the world. But now he does not preach the Law to us.

YQ 1.22 1/1 [verso]