[292] Tena samayena buddho bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe . tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo tattheva rājagahe vassaṃ vasanti tattha hemantaṃ tattha gimhaṃ . manussā ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti āhundarikā bhikkhunīnaṃ disā andhakārā na imāsaṃ disā pakkhāyantīti . assosuṃ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṃ manussānaṃ ujjhāyantānaṃ khīyantānaṃ vipācentānaṃ . athakho tā bhikkhuniyo bhikkhūnaṃ etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. {292.1} Athakho bhagavā etasmiṃ nidāne etasmiṃ pakaraṇe dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi tenahi bhikkhave bhikkhunīnaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ paññāpessāmi dasa atthavase paṭicca saṅghasuṭṭhutāya .pe. saddhammaṭṭhitiyā vinayānuggahāya . evañca pana bhikkhave bhikkhuniyo imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddisantu {292.2} yā pana bhikkhunī vassaṃ vutthā cārikaṃ na pakkameyya antamaso chappañcayojanānipi pācittiyanti.

[293] Yā panāti yā yādisā .pe. bhikkhunīti .pe. ayaṃ Imasmiṃ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti . vassaṃ vutthā nāma purimaṃ vā temāsaṃ pacchimaṃ vā temāsaṃ vutthā . cārikaṃ na pakkamissāmi antamaso chappañcayojanānīti dhūraṃ nikkhittamatte āpatti pācittiyassa.

[294] Anāpatti sati antarāye pariyesitvā dutiyikaṃ bhikkhuniṃ na labhati gilānāya āpadāsu ummattikāya ādikammikāyāti. Tuvaṭṭavaggo catuttho. -----------