The Diamond Sutra (Chin-Kang-Ching) or Prajna-Paramita

Note 3 — THE DIAMOND SUTRA

William Gemmell translation

“Women began to ask and received permission to take the vows. They were called in India Bikshuni.... Ni is the Sanscrit feminine termination of Bikshu. These female mendicants were subject to the same code of regulations as the males.”—Chinese Buddhism. Edkins.

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