stock phrase about women?

Jonathan Silk silk at HUMNET.UCLA.EDU
Tue Mar 9 06:36:12 UTC 2004


Has anyone seen (other than in the story of Utpalavarna in the
Mulasarvastivada Vinaya) a phrase, purported to be canonical ("The
Blessed One said:"):

Women bind men in eight ways: by dance, song, music, laughter,
crying, appearance, touch [and here's the troublesome one] questions
(?).

The last item in Tibetan (all we have here) is rma 'byed pa, which
might mean to ask a question, but more commonly, to wound.

Any references much appreciated (and  apologies for cross-listing to
H-Buddhism and Indology)--JAS
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Jonathan Silk
Department of Asian Languages & Cultures
Center for Buddhist Studies
UCLA
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