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Signs are bloody, And just so, constant blood. Constantly dripping cloth, Women with topknots, eunuchs. And hermaphrodites, mixed, And also those with both sexual characteristics. From the beginning of no sign, Up to those with both sexual characteristics. This, below the repetition, Leprosy, boils, and skin disease. Consumption, epilepsy, human, For women, and free. Not in debt, not a royal servant, And permitted, twenty. And what is the name of the fully ordained one? What is the name of your preceptor? The twenty-four obstacles, having asked about ordination. They spread out, not instructed, and likewise in the midst of the Sangha. The preceptor's outer robe, the upper and inner robes. And the bathing cloth, having instructed, one should send. A foolish, unapproved one asks for the obstacles. Ordained by one (Sangha), and again in the Bhikkhu Sangha. Shade, season, and day, the three supports (recitations). Eight things not to be done, always eight times. Bhikkhunis do not invite (pavāraṇā), and likewise the Bhikkhu Sangha. Commotion before mealtime, and commotion at the wrong time. Uposatha, Pavāraṇā, and admonition (savacanīya). They remind, they accuse, forbidden by the Great Seer. Likewise monks and nuns, permitted by the Great Seer. And a vehicle for the sick, a vehicle, a half-seat. A monk, a training, a novice, and a female novice for a foolish one. In the forest by a lay follower, having been expelled from the dwelling. New work is not settled, a single pregnant woman sitting. And the eight weighty rules with a householder, having rejected, one goes. And salutations, hair, and nails, and wound-dressing. And the sick on a couch, excrement scented with powder. In the hot bathhouse, against the current, and by a man at an unsuitable ford. Mahāgotamī requested, and Ānanda wisely. There are four assemblies, ordination in the Victor's teaching. For the sake of arousing urgency, and for the growth of the True Dhamma. Like medicine for the sick, thus taught by the Buddha. Thus trained in the True Dhamma, even other women. They go to the unchanging state, where having gone, one does not grieve. The chapter on Bhikkhunis is finished.