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Sutta Piṭaka

Theravāda

687SN 19.8Sūcilomasutta 688SN 19.9Dutiyasūcilomasutta 689SN 19.10Kumbhaṇḍasutta 690SN 19.11Sasīsakasutta 691SN 19.12Gūthakhādasutta 692SN 19.13Nicchavitthisutta 693SN 19.14Maṅgulitthisutta 694SN 19.15Okilinīsutta 695SN 19.16Asīsakasutta 696SN 19.17Pāpabhikkhusutta 697SN 19.18Pāpabhikkhunīsutta 698SN 19.19Pāpasikkhamānasutta 699SN 19.20Pāpasāmaṇerasutta 700SN 19.21Pāpasāmaṇerīsutta 701SN 20.1Kūṭasutta 702SN 20.2Nakhasikhasutta 703SN 20.3Kulasutta 704SN 20.4Okkhāsutta

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Sutta Piṭaka

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Nicchavitthisutta

Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)

Nicchavitthisutta

“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ nicchaviṁ itthiṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantiṁ. Tamenaṁ gijjhāpi kākāpi kulalāpi anupatitvā anupatitvā vitacchenti virājenti. Sā sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe… esā, bhikkhave, itthī imasmiṁyeva rājagahe aticārinī ahosi …pe….

English · Bhikkhu Sujato

A Flayed Woman

“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a flayed woman flying through the air. Vultures, crows, and hawks kept chasing her, pecking and clawing as she screamed in pain. …” … “That woman used to be an adulteress right here in Rājagaha. …”

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Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)Original · Pāli

Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund), as published by SuttaCentral. Public domain. · Source ↗

Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka, via SuttaCentral. Public domain.

Sutta Piṭaka, tr. Bhikkhu SujatoTranslation · English · Bhikkhu Sujato, 2018

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato. SuttaCentral, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). · Source ↗

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato (SuttaCentral), dedicated to the public domain via CC0. The translator respectfully requests that any use be in accordance with the values and principles of the Buddhist community. In particular, please do not use this work in AI training datasets, for the development of any AI model or algorithm, or in any AI-derived technologies.