The Case of the Nun Mettiyā Reexamined: on the Expulsion of a Pregnant "Bhiksunī" in the "Vinaya" of the Mahāsānghikas and Other Indian Buddhist Monastic Law Codes
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摘要
The enigmatic story of the nun Mettiy¯a’s expulsion from the sisterhood, seemingly for the false accusation of rape against the monk Dabba Mallaputta, has piqued the interest of modern scholars of Indian Buddhist monastic law ever since it was discussed by I.B. Horner in 1930. To date, however, no one has put forth a convincing explanation of the legal grounds for Mettiy¯a’s expulsion. This holds true not only for modern scholars, but also it seems for the fifth century CE author(s) of the Samantap¯as¯adik¯a, a commentary on the P¯ali Vinaya.
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Appendix: Some names in other Vinaya texts for the nun referred to in Pâli as Mettiyä 133 Abbreviations 133 References 134
