法苑珠林 45.18

45.18

又百緣經云。佛在世時。舍衛城中有一婆羅門名曰梵摩。多聞辯才明解經論。四韋陀典無不鑒達。其婦生女。端正殊妙智慧辯才無有及者。聞諸婆羅門共父論議。悉能受持一言不失。如是展轉所聞甚多。與耆舊長宿皆來諮啟無不通達。聞世有佛始成正覺教化眾生諮受法味。尋自莊嚴往詣佛所。見佛發心求索出家。佛告善來比丘尼。頭髮自落法服著身。成比丘尼。精勤修習得阿羅漢果。

Furthermore, the Avadānaśataka says: When the Buddha was in the world, in the city of Śrāvastī there was a brāhmaṇa named Brahmā. He possessed wide learning and eloquence, and clearly understood the sūtras and treatises; there were none among the four Vedic scriptures that he did not master. His wife gave birth to a daughter who was exceptionally upright and wondrous, with wisdom and eloquence that none could equal. Hearing the various brāhmaṇas debating with her father, she could retain everything without missing a single word. In this way, as time passed, what she had heard became exceedingly vast; when senior elders all came to consult her, there was nothing she did not comprehend. Hearing that in the world there was a Buddha who had just attained saṃbodhi and was converting living beings, she sought to receive the flavor of the Dharma. She immediately adorned herself and went to the Buddha's place. Seeing the Buddha, she generated the resolve and sought to leave the household life. The Buddha said, "Welcome, bhikṣuṇī!" Her hair fell away of itself, and the kāṣāya was draped upon her body; she became a bhikṣuṇī. Diligently cultivating, she attained the fruit of an arhat.