比丘尼

[lang id =1028]苾芻尼; [lang id =1028]尼姑 (sa) bhikṣuṇī. A nun, or almswoman. The first woman to be ordained was the Buddha's aunt Mahāprajāpatī, who had nursed him. In the fourteenth year after his enlightenment the Buddha yielded to persuasion and admitted his aunt and women to his order of religious mendicants, but said that the admission of women would shorten the period of Buddhism by 500 years. The nun, however old, must acknowledge the superiority of every monk; must never scold him or tell his faults; must never accuse him, though he may accuse her; and must in all respects obey the rules as commanded by him. She accepts all the rules for the monks with additional rules for her own order. Such is the theory rather than the practice. The title by which Mahāprajāpatī was addressed was applied to nuns, i. e. (sa) ārya, or noble, [lang id =1028]阿姨, though some consider the Chinese term entirely native.

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◆梵語尼， 華言女。 佛初不度女人出家， 成道之後， 因姨母摩訶波闍波提懇求出家， 佛乃度之， 故名比丘尼。 （梵語摩訶波闍波提， 華言大愛道。 ） ◆梵語尼， 華言女。 大智度論云： 尼得無量律儀， 故應次於比丘， 佛以儀法嫌於混雜， 令在沙門後， 故名比丘尼。 （女人出家， 始於佛姨母大愛道也。 梵語沙門， 華言勤息。 ） ◆（亦名苾芻尼）， 梵語尼， 華言女。 大智度論云： 尼得無量律儀， 故應次於比丘。 又佛以儀法不便， 故在比丘之後。

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出家受具足戒的女性的通稱。