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WOMAN
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53 sq.; 49 (i), 36-48; Buddha disgusted at the sight of the sleeping w., 19, 54-6; 49 (i), 56-9; cf. 13, 102 sq.; the wiles of w., 19, 253-6; 35, 294-7, 297 n.; not to be saluted by Bhikkhus, 20, 195; a Bhikkhu should not look into the face of the w. who gives him food, 20, 291; Buddha is very reluctant to admit w. into the Order, and declares that that religion will not last long in which w. are allowed to enter into the homeless state, 20, 320-6; are capable of Arhatship, 20, 322; 35, 297 n.; if no w. had been adınitted to the Order, Buddhism would have endured for a thousand years, 20, 325; 35, 186; Ananda caused the dead body of Buddha to be saluted by w. first, 20, 379; Ânanda blamed for exerting himself for the admission of w. into the Order, 20, 380; there is no womankind in Buddha-fields, 21, 194, 197, 377, 417; w. as preachers, 21, 213-20, 336 sq., 336 n., 346, 348; ladies hear the Saddharmapundarîka, 21, 248, 424; cannot occupy the ranks of Brahma, Indra, chief guardian of the four quarters, Kakravartin, Bodhisattva, 21, 252; cannot reach Buddhaship, but the daughter of Sâgara changes her sex to become a Buddha, 21, 252-4; a Bodhisattva's conduct towards w., 21, 2636; capable of perfect enlightenment, 21, 316 sq., 319-24; 49 (ii), 199; merits acquired by young ladies who hear the law preached, 21, 328-35; a preacher of the law discerns by his smell whether a pregnant w. will bear a boy or a girl, &c., 21, 344; a w. who hears the Bhaishagyaraga chapter of the Saddharmapundarîka will never be reborn again as w., but as Bodhisattva in Sukhâvatî, 21, 389 sq.; Gadgadasvara assumes the shape of a w. in order to preach the Lotus to w., 21, 401 sq.; w. who wish to have beautiful offspring adore Avalokitesvara, 21, 409; conditions under which the Lotus of the True Law may be entrusted to w., 21, 432 sq.; ladies studying the Abhidhamma, 35, 24 sq.; mentioned
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before men in the phrase 'a w. or a man,' 35, 83, 83 n.; 36, 89, 127 sq. n., 175; 49 (ii), 123, 125, 129, 139; Khugguttarâ remembered her previous births, 35, 122; reveal secrets through infirmity, 35, 141; W. whose good actions bare fruit in this life, 35, 172; influence of Buddhism on w., 35, 297 n.; a married w. sins only in secret, 36, 82; rules of conduct towards w. for Bhikkhus, 36, 98, 98 n., 100; there are men who have become w., and w. who have become men, 36, 101; a w. without a husband despised, 36, 140; the life of w. is always darkness, 49 (i), 4; w. of the seraglio viewing a royal procession, 49 (i), 28-30; saints seduced by w., 49 (i), 38 sq.; despise their female nature, 49 (ii), 19; Stryâgâra, Frauenzimmer,' 49 (ii), 64 n. See also Bhikkhunîs.
(d) W. IN GAINA RELIGION.
The world is greatly troubled by w. who are the causes of all sin, 22, 21, 48, 81; Mahâvîra renounced the female sex, 22, 80; on the conduct of Gaina monks with regard to w., 22, 303; 45, 5, 74-6; one of the twenty-two troubles (parîsaha) to be vanquished by a Gaina monk, 45, 9, II; empty houses i. e. in which there are no w., 45, 12 n.; do not desire (w.), those female demons, on who continually change their mind, who whose breasts grow two lumps of flesh, entice men, and then make a sport of them as of slaves. A houseless (monk) should not desire w., he should turn away from females, 45, 35; nothing in the world offers so many difficulties to the monk as w., he should therefore avoid their company altogether, 45, 186, 204; w. and water canse loss of sanctity to a Gaina monk, 45, 266; heretics, slaves of w., see no harm in intercourse with w., 45, 270 are a great temptation to monks, how they must be avoided, 45, 270-8; one man (w.) have in their heart, another in their words, and another still in their actions. Therefore a monk should not trust w., knowing that they are full of deceit, 45, 274; though acquainted with the Strî
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