Origin story

bhagavān kauśāmbīyām viharati | chandaka-mātā nāma bhikṣuṇī | sā uddeśa-paryavasānehi śikṣāpadehi bhikṣuṇīhi śikṣāyāṁ saha dharmeṇa saha vinayena vucyamānā | peyālaṁ | yathaiva chandakasya tathaivaṁ vihāreṇavistareṇa kartavyaṁ | tena bhagavān āha |

Ruling

bhikṣuṇī khalu punar dur-vacaka-jātīya bhavati | sā uddeśa-paryāpannehi śikṣāpadehi bhikṣuṇīhi śikṣāyāṁ saha dharmeṇa saha vinayena vucyamānā ātmānam a-vacanīyaṁ karoti | sā evam āha | mā me āryamiśrikāyo kiñcid vadatha kalyāṇam vā pāpakaṁ vā | aham apy āryamiśrikāṇān na kiñcid vakṣyāmi kalyāṇam vā pāpakam vā | viramantv ā ryamiśrikāyo mama vacanāya | sā bhikṣuṇī bhikṣuṇīhi evam asya vacanīyā | mā ārye uddeśa-paryāpannehi śikṣāpadehi bhikṣuṇīhi śikṣāyāṁ saha dharmeṇa saha vinayena vucyamānā ātmānam a-vacanīyaṁ karohi | vacanīyam evāryātmānaṁ karotu | āryā pi bhikṣuṇīyo vadantu śikṣāyāṁ saha dharmeṇa saha vinayena | āryam api bhikṣuṇīyo vakṣyanti śikṣāyāṁ saha dharmeṇa saha vinayena | evaṁ saṁvṛddhā khalu punar ārye tasya bhagavatas tathāgatasya arhataḥ samyaksambuddhasya parṣā yad idam anyamanya-vacanīyā anyamanyāpatti-vyutthāpanīyā | evaṁ ca sā bhikṣuṇīhi vucyamānā tam eva vastuṁ samādāya pragṛhya tiṣṭheya | na pratiniḥsareya | sā bhikṣuṇī bhikṣuṇīhi yāvat tṛtīyakaṁ samanugrāhitavyā samanubhāṣitavyā tasya vastusya pratiniḥsargāya | yāvāt-tṛtīyakaṁ samanugrāhiyamāṇā vā samanubhāṣiyamāṇa vā tam vastuṁ pratiniḥsareya ity evaṁ kuśalaṁ | no ca pratiniḥsareya tam eva vastuṁ samādāya pragṛhya tiṣṭheya | ayam api dharmo yāvat tṛtīyako |