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Gair/Karunatillake - Chapter 11 Further Readings
Ex. 4 (Part 2 of 2)
Puna ca para.m, bhikkhave, maatugaamo gabbhinii hoti.
Ida.m, bhikkhave, maatugaamassa tatiya.m aave.nika.m
dukkha.m, ya.m maatugaamo paccanubhoti, aññatreva
purisehi.
Then again, monks, a woman becomes pregnant. This,
monks, is the third suffering particular to a woman
that a woman undergoes, exclusive of men.
Puna ca para.m, bhikkhave, maatugaamo vijaayati.
Ida.m, bhikkhave, maatugaamassa catuttha.m aave.nika.m
dukkha.m, ya.m maatugaamo paccanubhoti, aññatreva
purisehi.
Then again, monks, a woman gives birth. This, monks,
is the fourth suffering particular to a woman that a
woman undergoes, exclusive of men.
Puna capara.m, bhikkhave, maatugaamo purisassa
paaricariya.m upeti. Ida.m kho, bhikkhave,
maatugaamassa pañcama.m aave.nika.m dukkha.m, ya.m
maatugaamo paccanubhoti, aññatreva purisehi.
Then again, monks, a woman attains to the serving of a
man. This, monks, is the fifth suffering particular
to a woman that a woman undergoes, exclusive of men.
Imaani kho, bhikkhave, pañca maatugaamassa
aave.nikaani dukkhaani, yaani maatugaamo paccanubhoti,
aññatreva purisehii»ti.
Indeed these, monks, are the five sufferings
particular to a woman that a woman undergoes,
exclusive of men.
(S.N. 37.3. Aave.nikadukkhasutta.m)