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AN 8.17PTS AN 4.196Bandhana 11 min read

Catching (1st)

Paṭhamabandhanasutta

A woman imprisons a man in eight ways.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.17Numbered Discourses 8.17
  • 0.22. Mahāvagga2. The Great Chapter

0.3PaṭhamabandhanasuttaCatching (1st)

1.1PTS 4.197“Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, ākārehi itthī purisaṁ bandhati.“Mendicants, a woman catches a man using eight features.1.2Katamehi aṭṭhahi?What eight?1.3Ruṇṇena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;With weeping,1.4hasitena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;laughing,1.5bhaṇitena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;speaking,1.6ākappena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;appearance,1.7vanabhaṅgena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;gifts of wildflowers,1.8gandhena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;scents,1.9rasena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;tastes,1.10phassena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati.and touches.1.11Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahākārehi itthī purisaṁ bandhati.A woman catches a man using these eight features.1.12Te, bhikkhave, sattā subaddhā, ye phassena baddhā”ti.But those beings who are caught by touch are well and truly caught.”

1.13Sattamaṁ.