Saṁyutta Nikāya:
IV. Saḷāyatana Vagga
37: Mātugāma Saṁyutta
37: Kindred Sayings about Womankind
Suttas 5-14
Anuruddho I: Kaṇhapakkho
Anuruddha 1. The Dark Side1
Thus have I heard:
Then the venerable Anuruddha2 came to visit the Exalted One
on coming to him greeted him courteously,
and after the exchange of greetings and compliments
sat down at one side.
Seated at one side he said to the Exalted One: -
"Herein, lord, with clairvoyant eye,
purified and superhuman,
I behold womankind,
after death,
when body breaks [164] up,
being reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
Of what qualities possessed, lord,
is a woman reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory?
Sutta 5
Anuruddho I: Kaṇhapakkho: 1
Kodhano
Wrathful
Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
What five?
She is faithless,
anded1 she is shameless,
and she is unscrupulous,
and she is wrathful,
and she is of weak wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which
a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
Sutta 6
Anuruddho I: Kaṇhapakkho: 2
Upanāhī
Grudging
Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
What five?
She is faithless,
and she is shameless,
and she is unscrupulous,
and she is grudging,
and she is of weak wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which
a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
Sutta 7
Anuruddho I: Kaṇhapakkho: 3
Issukī
Envious
Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
What five?
She is faithless,
and she is shameless,
and she is unscrupulous,
and she is envious,
and she is of weak wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which
a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
Sutta 8
Anuruddho I: Kaṇhapakkho: 4
Maccharena
Through Stinginess
Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
What five?
She is faithless,
and she is shameless,
and she is unscrupulous,
and she is stingy,
and she is of weak wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which
a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
Sutta 9
Anuruddho I: Kaṇhapakkho: 5
Aticārī
Adulteress
Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
What five?
She is faithless,
and she is shameless,
and she is unscrupulous,
and she is an adulteress,
and she is of weak wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which
a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
Sutta 10
Anuruddho I: Kaṇhapakkho: 6
Dussīlam
Immorality
Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
What five?
She is faithless,
and she is shameless,
and she is unscrupulous,
and she is immoral,
and she is of weak wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which
a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
Sutta 11
Anuruddho I: Kaṇhapakkho: 7
Appassuto
Of Small Knowledge
Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
What five?
She is faithless,
and she is shameless,
and she is unscrupulous,
and she is of small knowledge,
and she is of weak wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which
a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
Sutta 12
Anuruddho I: Kaṇhapakkho: 8
Kusīto
Indolent
Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
What five?
She is faithless,
and she is shameless,
and she is unscrupulous,
and she is indolent,
and she is of weak wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which
a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
Sutta 13
Anuruddho I: Kaṇhapakkho: 9
Muṭṭhassati
Muddle-headed
Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
What five?
She is faithless,
and she is shameless,
and she is unscrupulous,
and she is muddle-headed,
and she is of weak wisdom.
These are the five things possessed of which
a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
Sutta 14
Anuruddho I: Kaṇhapakkho: 10
Pañcaveram
The Fivefold Guilty Dread3
Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
What five?
She takes life,
and she takes what [165] is not given,
and she acts wrongly in sense-desires,
and she tells lies,
and she indulges in fermented and distilled liquor,
intoxicants causing sloth.
These are the five things possessed of which
a woman,
after death,
when body breaks up,
is reborn in the Waste,
the Way of Woe,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory.
1 Kaṇha-pakkha (the dark fortnight of the moon), as opp. to § 15 infra. The title seems to refer to S. ii, xvi, 7 (K.S. ii, 139), the waxing and waning of good qualities.
2 Anuruddha was noted for his clairvoyant powers. He is proclaimed (A. i, 23) as best of those who had 'the heavenly eye.' Cf. K.S. ii, chap. xix (of Moggallāna).
3 Cf. K.S. ii, 48. These are to be guarded against by the five charges (pañcasīla).
ed1 Woodward has omitted the 'ands'.