- Numbered Discourses 8.17 Aį¹ guttara NikÄya 8.17
- 2. The Great Chapter 2. MahÄvagga
Catching (1st) Paį¹hamabandhanasutta
āMendicants, a woman catches a man using eight features. āAį¹į¹hahi, bhikkhave, ÄkÄrehi itthÄ« purisaį¹ bandhati. What eight? Katamehi aį¹į¹hahi? With weeping, Ruį¹į¹ena, bhikkhave, itthÄ« purisaį¹ bandhati; laughing, hasitena, bhikkhave, itthÄ« purisaį¹ bandhati; speaking, bhaį¹itena, bhikkhave, itthÄ« purisaį¹ bandhati; appearance, Äkappena, bhikkhave, itthÄ« purisaį¹ bandhati; gifts of wildflowers, vanabhaį¹ gena, bhikkhave, itthÄ« purisaį¹ bandhati; scents, gandhena, bhikkhave, itthÄ« purisaį¹ bandhati; tastes, rasena, bhikkhave, itthÄ« purisaį¹ bandhati; and touches. phassena, bhikkhave, itthÄ« purisaį¹ bandhati. A woman catches a man using these eight features. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aį¹į¹hahÄkÄrehi itthÄ« purisaį¹ bandhati. But those beings who are caught by touch are well and truly caught.ā Te, bhikkhave, sattÄ subaddhÄ, ye phassena baddhÄāti.
Sattamaį¹.
