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say: 'Be indeed the wives of so-and-so, bought with money.'" He accepts, investigates, brings back word. There is an offense of Saṅghādisesa. A man sends a bhikkhu: "Go, venerable sir, to so-and-so, protected by father, and protected by brother, protected by father, and protected by sister, protected by father, and protected by relatives, protected by father, and protected by clan, protected by father, and protected by Dhamma, protected by father, and with a guardian, protected by father, and with a penalty, say: 'Be indeed the wives of so-and-so, bought with money.'" He accepts, investigates, brings back word. There is an offense of Saṅghādisesa. A man sends a bhikkhu: "Go, venerable sir, to so-and-so, protected by father, and protected by mother... and say – ‘You are indeed the wives of so-and-so, bought with money.’ He accepts, considers, delivers, there is an offense of saṅghādisesa. The established cycle of roots is concise. 308. A man sends a bhikkhu: ‘‘Go, venerable sir, and tell so-and-so, who is bound by penalty and protected by her mother, say – ‘You are indeed the wives of so-and-so, bought with money.’ He accepts, considers, delivers, there is an offense of saṅghādisesa. A man sends a bhikkhu: ‘‘Go, venerable sir, and tell so-and-so, who is bound by penalty and protected by her father... ...and bound by penalty and protected by her mother and father... ...and bound by penalty and protected by her brother... ...and bound by penalty and protected by her sister... ...and bound by penalty and protected by her relatives... ...and bound by penalty and protected by her clan... ...and bound by penalty and protected by the Dhamma... ...and bound by penalty and protected by a guardian, say – ‘You are indeed the wives of so-and-so, bought with money.’ He accepts, considers, delivers, there is an offense of saṅghādisesa. The single root is finished. Thus, the double root, the triple root, up to the ninth root should be done. This is the tenth root. 309. A man sends a bhikkhu: ‘‘Go, venerable sir, and tell so-and-so, who is protected by her mother, and by her father, and by her mother and father, and by her brother, and by her sister, and by her relatives, and by her clan, and by the Dhamma, and by a guardian, and is bound by penalty, say – ‘You are indeed the wives of so-and-so, bought with money.’ He accepts, he considers, he brings back word: an offense of Saṅghādisesa. The section on women bought with money is finished. 310. A man sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell such-and-such a woman, protected by her mother: ‘Be, it is said, the wife of such-and-such a man, a wife by choice… a wife for property… a wife for clothes… a wife by water-pot… a wife by carrying a basket… a slave and a wife… a worker and a wife… a wife captured by a banner… a temporary wife.’” He accepts, he considers, he brings back word: an offense of Saṅghādisesa. A man sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell such-and-such a woman, protected by her father… tell such-and-such a woman, protected by her mother and father… tell such-and-such a woman, protected by her brother… tell such-and-such a woman, protected by her sister… tell such-and-such a woman, protected by her relatives… tell such-and-such a woman, protected by her clan… tell such-and-such a woman, protected by the Dhamma… tell such-and-such a woman, with a guardian… tell such-and-such a woman, with a fine: ‘Be, it is said, the temporary wife of such-and-such a man.’” He accepts, he considers, he brings back word: an offense of Saṅghādisesa. Summary words. 311. A man sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell such-and-such a woman, protected by her mother, and such-and-such a woman, protected by her father: ‘Be, it is said, the temporary wives of such-and-such a man.’” He accepts, he considers, he brings back word: an offense of Saṅghādisesa. A man sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell such-and-such a woman, protected by her mother, and such-and-such a woman, protected by her mother and father… tell such-and-such a woman, protected by her mother, and such-and-such a woman, with a fine: ‘Be, it is said, the temporary wives of such-and-such a man.’” He accepts, he considers, he brings it back, an offense of saṅghādisesa. The broken wheel. 312. A man sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell such-and-such a woman, who is protected by her father and protected by her mother and father: ‘Be, if you please, the momentary wives of such-and-such a man.’” He accepts, he considers, he brings it back, an offense of saṅghādisesa. A man sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell such-and-such a woman, who is protected by her father and protected by her brother… …protected by her father and subject to penalty: ‘Be, if you please, the momentary wives of such-and-such a man.’” He accepts, he considers, he brings it back, an offense of saṅghādisesa. A man sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell such-and-such a woman, who is protected by her father and protected by her mother: ‘Be, if you please, the momentary wives of such-and-such a man.’” He accepts, he considers, he brings it back, an offense of saṅghādisesa. The bound wheel, the root is abbreviated. 313. A man sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell such-and-such a woman, who is subject to penalty and protected by her mother: ‘Be, if you please, the momentary wives of such-and-such a man.’” He accepts, he considers, he brings it back, an offense of saṅghādisesa. A man sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell such-and-such a woman, who is subject to penalty and protected by her father… …subject to penalty and guarded: ‘Be, if you please, the momentary wives of such-and-such a man.’” He accepts, he considers, retracts, an offense of *saṅghādisesa*. The one-root is finished. And the two-roots, etc., should be done in the same way. This is the ten-root. A man sends a bhikkhu: "Go, venerable sir, to so-and-so, who is protected by mother, and protected by father, and protected by mother and father, and protected by brother, and protected by sister, and protected by relatives, and protected by clan, and protected by Dhamma, with protection, with penalty, and say: 'Be, indeed, temporary wives to so-and-so.'" He accepts, he investigates, he retracts, an offense of *saṅghādisesa*. The temporary-wife cycle is finished. A man sends a bhikkhu: "Go, venerable sir, to so-and-so, protected by mother, and say: 'Be, indeed, a wife bought with money to so-and-so.'" He accepts, he investigates, he retracts, an offense of *saṅghādisesa*. A man sends a bhikkhu: "Go, venerable sir, to so-and-so, protected by mother, and say: 'Be, indeed, a wife by choice to so-and-so... a wife for wealth... a wife for clothes... a wife with a water-pot... a wife with a removed head-pad... a slave and a wife... a worker and a wife... a captured wife... a temporary wife.'" He accepts, he investigates, he retracts, an offense of *saṅghādisesa*. Summary terms. A man sends a bhikkhu: "Go, venerable sir, to so-and-so, protected by mother, and say: 'Be, indeed, a wife bought with money and a wife by choice to so-and-so.'" He accepts, he investigates, he retracts. brings it back, there is an offense of Saṅghādisesa. A man sends a bhikkhu, “Go, venerable sir, tell the woman named so-and-so, protected by her mother, ‘Be, it is said, the wife of so-and-so, bought with money and living on his wealth…pe… bought with money and living in his house… bought with money and wearing a water-pot… bought with money and carrying a head-pad… bought with money and a slave and a wife… bought with money and a worker and a wife… bought with money and captured by a banner… bought with money and a temporary wife.’” He accepts, investigates, brings it back, there is an offense of Saṅghādisesa. The broken wheel. 317. A man sends a bhikkhu, “Go, venerable sir, tell the woman named so-and-so, protected by her mother, ‘Be, it is said, the wife of so-and-so, living by choice and living on his wealth…pe… living by choice and a temporary wife… living by choice and bought with money.’” He accepts, investigates, brings it back, there is an offense of Saṅghādisesa. The bound wheel, the root is abbreviated. 318. A man sends a bhikkhu, “Go, venerable sir, tell the woman named so-and-so, protected by her mother, ‘Be, it is said, the wife of so-and-so, a temporary wife and bought with money…pe… a temporary wife and living by choice…pe… a temporary wife and captured by a banner.’” He accepts, investigates, brings it back, there is an offense of Saṅghādisesa. The one-root section is finished. The two-root and so on should be done in the same way. This is the ten-root section. 319. A man sends a bhikkhu, “Go, venerable sir, tell the woman named so-and-so, Tell the mother-protected one – ‘Be, it is said, the wife of so-and-so, bought with money, and living by choice, and living for enjoyment, and living by a cloth, and one who dips water, and one with a removed head-load, and a slave and a wife, and a worker and a wife, and captured by a banner, and a temporary one.’ He accepts, he considers, he brings back, there is an offense of Sanghādisesa. The section on the mother-protected one is finished. A man sends a monk – ‘‘Go, venerable sir, to so-and-so, the father-protected one… (and so on) the mother-and-father-protected one… the brother-protected one… the sister-protected one… the relative-protected one… the clan-protected one… the Dhamma-protected one… the protected one… the one with a penalty, and say: ‘Be, it is said, the wife of so-and-so, bought with money.’’’ He accepts, he considers, he brings back, there is an offense of Sanghādisesa. A man sends a monk – ‘‘Go, venerable sir, to so-and-so, the one with a penalty, and say: ‘Be, it is said, the wife of so-and-so, living by choice… (and so on) living for enjoyment, living by a cloth, one who dips water, one with a removed head-load, a slave and a wife, a worker and a wife, captured by a banner,