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KULLAVAGGA.
X, 26, 1.
she to be deputed f&c., as in last section but one, down to the end of the Kammavâkâ'
26. 1. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhuni first abandoned the precepts, and then threw off the robes ?. Afterwards she came back, and asked the Bhikkhunis to admit her into the Order again.
They told this matter to the Blessed One. 'A Bhikkhunf. ought not, O Bhikkhus, to abandon the precepts. But by having thrown off the rabes she is ipso facto incapable of being a Bhikkhuni.'
2. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhunt, though still wearing the orange-coloured robe, joined a sect of the Titthiyas. Afterwards she came back, and asked the Bhikkhunts to receive her into the Order again..
They told this matter to the Blessed One. • A Bhikkhun, O Bhikkhus, who, when still wearing the orange-coloured robe, has gone over to the Titthiyas, is not to be received again?
27.
1. Now at that time Bhikkhunts, fearing to offend, would not let men salute them, or cut their hair or nails, or dress their wounds.
* On the distinction between these two phrases, see the note on Mahâvagga II, 22, 3.
For the similar rule in the case of Bhikkhus, see Mahâvagga I, 38, 1.
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