Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c10.t2.22

c10.t2.22

∗ That these discourses do not represent the particular scholastic traditions of the sacred texts within the Order of nuns and that the latter was formed chiefly through nun-teachers, follows from the circumstances of the case, and is confirmed, e.g., by the statements in 18th cap. of the Dîpavaṃsa. "Cullavagga," x, 8, when properly understood is not contradictory of this.