{"id":"sn37.1","title":"A Lady","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn37.1","title":"A Lady","units":[{"id":"sn37.1:0","sourceIds":["sn37.1:0.1","sn37.1:0.2","sn37.1:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 37.1\n1. Paṭhamapeyyālavagga\nMātugāmasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 37.1\n1. Abbreviated Texts\nA Lady"}},{"id":"sn37.1:1","sourceIds":["sn37.1:1.1","sn37.1:1.2","sn37.1:1.3","sn37.1:1.4","sn37.1:1.5","sn37.1:1.6","sn37.1:1.7","sn37.1:1.8","sn37.1:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgato mātugāmo ekantaamanāpo hoti purisassa.\nKatamehi pañcahi?\nNa ca rūpavā hoti, na ca bhogavā hoti, na ca sīlavā hoti, alaso ca hoti, pajañcassa na labhati—\nimehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi aṅgehi samannāgato mātugāmo ekantaamanāpo hoti purisassa.\nPañcahi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgato mātugāmo ekantamanāpo hoti purisassa.\nKatamehi pañcahi?\nRūpavā ca hoti, bhogavā ca hoti, sīlavā ca hoti, dakkho ca hoti analaso, pajañcassa labhati—\nimehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi aṅgehi samannāgato mātugāmo ekantamanāpo hoti purisassā”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, when a lady has five factors she is extremely undesirable to a man.\nWhat five?\nShe’s not attractive, wealthy, or ethical; she’s idle, and she doesn’t beget children.\nWhen a lady has these five factors she is extremely undesirable to a man.\nWhen a lady has five factors she is extremely desirable to a man.\nWhat five?\nShe’s attractive, wealthy, and ethical; she’s deft and tireless, and she begets children.\nWhen a lady has these five factors she is extremely desirable to a man.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn37.1/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}