{"id":"an4.80","title":"Persia","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.80","title":"Persia","units":[{"id":"an4.80:0","sourceIds":["an4.80:0.1","an4.80:0.2","an4.80:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.80\n8. Apaṇṇakavagga\nKambojasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.80\n8.  Sure Bet\nPersia"}},{"id":"an4.80:1","sourceIds":["an4.80:1.1","an4.80:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosambiyaṁ viharati ghositārāme.\nAtha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Kosambī in Ghosita’s monastery.\nThen Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:"}},{"id":"an4.80:2","sourceIds":["an4.80:2.1","an4.80:2.2","an4.80:2.3","an4.80:2.4","an4.80:2.5","an4.80:2.6","an4.80:2.7","an4.80:2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ko nu kho, bhante, hetu ko paccayo, yena mātugāmo neva sabhāyaṁ nisīdati, na kammantaṁ payojeti, na kambojaṁ gacchatī”ti?\n“Kodhano, ānanda, mātugāmo;\nissukī, ānanda, mātugāmo;\nmaccharī, ānanda, mātugāmo;\nduppañño, ānanda, mātugāmo—\nayaṁ kho, ānanda, hetu ayaṁ paccayo, yena mātugāmo neva sabhāyaṁ nisīdati, na kammantaṁ payojeti, na kambojaṁ gacchatī”ti.\nDasamaṁ.\nApaṇṇakavaggo tatiyo.","en":"“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why ladies don’t attend council meetings, work for a living, or travel to Persia?”\n“Ānanda, ladies are irritable,\njealous,\nstingy,\nand unintelligent.\nThis is the cause, this is the reason why ladies don’t attend council meetings, work for a living, or travel to Persia.”"}},{"id":"an4.80:3","sourceIds":["an4.80:3.0","an4.80:3.1","an4.80:3.2","an4.80:3.3","an4.80:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nPadhānaṁ diṭṭhisappurisa,\nVadhukā dve ca honti aggāni;\nKusināraacinteyyā,\nDakkhiṇā ca vaṇijjā kambojanti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.80/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}