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out through the city of Baravai, came to the mountain Revaya-a in the Sahasambavana park, made the litter place there, made Queen Paumāvaí come down from the litter, went to the saint Aritthanemi, turned round thrice right to right, praised and worshipped him and thus said.
“This is, sir, my chief queen, Queen Paumavai, pleasing, charming, beloved, beautiful, enchanting to the mind [until] ...what even for seeing? Therefore, I, Beloved of Gods, offer unto you the gift of a lady-disciple. Accept, Beloved of Gods, the gift of a lady-disciple. If it pleases you, Beloved of Gods, do not put a stop to it.”
So that Paumavai departed to the north-eastern side, and with her own hands removed her ornaments, with her own hands plucked out her hair in five handfuls, went to the saint Aritthanemi, praised and worshipped him and spoke “The world is burning (until] to tell me doctrine.”
Then the saint Aritthanemi made her himself enter the order, shave her head and himself gave her as a disciple to nun Jakkhini
