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@seṭṭhissa Tato seṭṭhī cintesi "ahaṃ sabbesaṃ manaṃ gahetuṃ na sakkhissāmi, upāyaṃ panekaṃ karissāmī"ti dhītaraṃ pakkosāpetvā "pabbajituṃ amma sakkhissasī"ti āha. Tassā pacchimabhavikattā taṃ vacanaṃ sīse āsittasatapākatelaṃ viya ahosi, tasmā taṃ pitaraṃ "pabbajissāmi tātā"ti āha. So tassā sakkāraṃ katvā bhikkhunīupassayaṃ netvā pabbājesi. Tassā acirapabbajitāyaeva uposathāgāre kālavāro pāpuṇi. Sā dīpaṃ jāletvā uposathāgāraṃ sammajjitvā dīpasikhāya nimittaṃ gaṇhitvā punappunaṃ olokayamānā tejokasiṇajjhānaṃ nibbattetvā tadeva pādakaṃ katvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Arahattaphalena saddhiṃyeva ca iddhivikubbane ciṇṇavasī ahosi. Sā aparabhāge satthu yamakapāṭihāriyakaraṇadivase "ahaṃ bhante pāṭihāriyaṃ karissāmī"ti sīhanādaṃ nadi. Satthā idaṃ kāraṇaṃ atthuppattiṃ katvā jetavanamahāvihāre nisinno paṭipāṭiyā bhikkhuniyo ṭhānantaresu ṭhapento imaṃ theriṃ iddhimantānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesīti.
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[238] Catutthe vinayadharānaṃ yadidaṃ paṭācārāti paṭācārā therī vinayadharānaṃ aggāti dasseti. Sā kira padumuttarabuddhakāle haṃsavatiyaṃ kulagehe paṭisandhiṃ gaṇhitvā aparabhāge satthu dhammadesanaṃ suṇantī satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuniṃ vinayadharānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā adhikārakammaṃ katvā taṃ ṭhānantaraṃ paṭṭhesi. Sā yāvajīvaṃ kusalaṃ katvā devamanussesu saṃsaritvā kassapabuddhakāle kiṃkissa rañño gehe paṭisandhiṃ gaṇhitvā sattannaṃ bhaginīnaṃ abbhantarā hutvā vīsati vassasahassāni brahmacariyaṃ caritvā bhikkhusaṃghassa pariveṇaṃ kāretvā puna devaloke nibbattitvā ekaṃ buddhantaraṃ sampattiṃ anubhavitvā imasmiṃ buddhuppāde sāvatthiyaṃ seṭṭhigehe paṭisandhiṃ gaṇhi.