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Sutta Piṭaka

Theravāda

1367SN 37.21Bahussutasutta 1368SN 37.22Āraddhavīriyasutta 1369SN 37.23Upaṭṭhitassatisutta 1370SN 37.24Pañcasīlasutta 1371SN 37.25Visāradasutta 1372SN 37.26Pasayhasutta 1373SN 37.27Abhibhuyyasutta 1374SN 37.28Ekasutta 1375SN 37.29Aṅgasutta 1376SN 37.30Nāsentisutta 1377SN 37.31Hetusutta 1378SN 37.32Ṭhānasutta 1379SN 37.33Pañcasīlavisāradasutta 1380SN 37.34Vaḍḍhīsutta 1381SN 38.1Nibbānapañhāsutta 1382SN 38.2Arahattapañhāsutta 1383SN 38.3Dhammavādīpañhāsutta 1384SN 38.4Kimatthiyasutta

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Sutta Piṭaka

SN 37.26

Pasayhasutta

Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)

Pasayhasutta

“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, mātugāmassa balāni. Katamāni pañca? Rūpabalaṁ, bhogabalaṁ, ñātibalaṁ, puttabalaṁ, sīlabalaṁ— imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca mātugāmassa balāni. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi balehi samannāgato mātugāmo sāmikaṁ pasayha agāraṁ ajjhāvasatī”ti.

English · Bhikkhu Sujato

Under Her Thumb

“Mendicants, there are these five powers of a lady. What five? Attractiveness, wealth, relatives, children, and ethical behavior. These are the five powers of a lady. A lady living at home with these five powers has her husband under her thumb.”

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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.

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