Saṁyutta Nikāya:
IV. Saḷāyatana Vagga
37: Mātugāma Saṁyutta
I. Peyyāla Vagga Paṭhamo

37: Kindred Sayings about Womankind

Chapter 1: First Repetition

Sutta 1

Manāpā Amanāpā (aka Mātugāma) Suttaṁ

Charming and Not Charming

 

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[1]Thus have I heard:

The Exalted One once addressed the brethren, saying:

"Brethren."

"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One thus spoke:

"Possessed of five qualities, Brethren,
woman is altogether without charm for a man.

What five?

She is not beauteous in form,
not possessed of wealth,
not moral,
she is slack,
she gets no offspring.

Possessed of these five qualities, Brethren,
a woman is altogether without charm for a man.

 

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Possessed of five qualities, Brethren,
woman is altogether charming to a man.

What five?

She is beauteous in form,
possessed of wealth,
moral,
vigorous
and gets offspring.

Possessed of these five qualities, Brethren,
a woman is altogether charming to a man.