SN 37 · 34 texts · 34 in English

Linked Discourses on Females

Mātugāmasaṁyutta

The “Linked Discourses on Females” contains 34 discourses regarding various qualities of women. Note that the Pali texts use two distinct terms for women, itthī and mātugāma, the latter of which can be translated as “females”. These texts deal with such themes as the kinds of suffering unique to women, why women are reborn in various states, or the qualities that lead to a woman taking charge in her marriage.

First Chapter of Abbreviated Texts

Paṭhamapeyyālavagga

SN 37.1 A LadyMātugāmasutta
Five things that make a woman either agreeable or disagreeable to men.
SN 37.2 A ManPurisasutta
Five things that make a man either agreeable or disagreeable to women.
SN 37.3 Particular SufferingĀveṇikadukkhasutta
Five kinds of suffering that only women are subject to, not men.
SN 37.4 Three QualitiesTīhidhammehisutta
A woman who is selfish, envious, and lustful has a bad rebirth.
SN 37.5 IrritableKodhanasutta
A woman with five bad qualities has a bad rebirth.
SN 37.6 AcrimonyUpanāhīsutta
A woman with five bad qualities has a bad rebirth.
SN 37.7 JealousIssukīsutta
A woman with five bad qualities has a bad rebirth.
SN 37.8 StingyMaccharīsutta
A woman with five bad qualities has a bad rebirth.
SN 37.9 AdulteryAticārīsutta
A woman with five bad qualities has a bad rebirth.
SN 37.10 UnethicalDussīlasutta
A woman with five bad qualities has a bad rebirth.
SN 37.11 UnlearnedAppassutasutta
A woman with five bad qualities has a bad rebirth.
SN 37.12 LazyKusītasutta
A woman with five bad qualities has a bad rebirth.
SN 37.13 UnmindfulMuṭṭhassatisutta
A woman with five bad qualities has a bad rebirth.
SN 37.14 Five ThreatsPañcaverasutta
A woman who doesn’t keep five precepts has a bad rebirth.

Second Chapter of Abbreviated Texts

Dutiyapeyyālavagga

SN 37.15 LovingAkkodhanasutta
A woman with five good qualities has a good rebirth.
SN 37.16 Free of AcrimonyAnupanāhīsutta
A woman with five good qualities has a good rebirth.
SN 37.17 Free of JealousyAnissukīsutta
A woman with five good qualities has a good rebirth.
SN 37.18 Free of StinginessAmaccharīsutta
A woman with five good qualities has a good rebirth.
SN 37.19 Not AdulterousAnaticārīsutta
A woman with five good qualities has a good rebirth.
SN 37.20 EthicalSusīlasutta
A woman with five good qualities has a good rebirth.
SN 37.21 Very LearnedBahussutasutta
A woman with five good qualities has a good rebirth.
SN 37.22 EnergeticĀraddhavīriyasutta
A woman with five good qualities has a good rebirth.
SN 37.23 MindfulUpaṭṭhitassatisutta
A woman with five good qualities has a good rebirth.
SN 37.24 Five PreceptsPañcasīlasutta
A woman who keeps the five precepts has a good rebirth.

The Chapter on Powers

Balavagga

SN 37.25 AssuredVisāradasutta
A woman with five powers lives confident at home.
SN 37.26 Under Her ThumbPasayhasutta
A woman with five powers lives at home having won over her husband.
SN 37.27 MasteredAbhibhuyyasutta
A woman with five powers lives at home with her husband under her control.
SN 37.28 OneEkasutta
A man with one power has a woman under his control: authority.
SN 37.29 In That RespectAṅgasutta
A woman may be complete with five powers.
SN 37.30 They Send Her AwayNāsentisutta
A woman lacking in ethical conduct may be expelled from a family.
SN 37.31 CauseHetusutta
It is not because of beauty, wealth, relatives, or sons that a woman has a good rebirth, but because of ethical conduct.
SN 37.32 ThingsṬhānasutta
For a woman who has not made merit, five things are hard to come by.
SN 37.33 Living With Self-AssurancePañcasīlavisāradasutta
A woman with five qualities lives confidently at home.
SN 37.34 GrowthVaḍḍhīsutta
A woman who grows in faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom acquires the best.