PersiaKambojasutta

At one time the Buddha was staying near Kosambī in Ghosita’s monastery.Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosambiyaṁ viharati ghositārāme. Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why ladies don’t attend council meetings, work for a living, or travel to Persia?”“Ko nu kho, bhante, hetu ko paccayo, yena mātugāmo neva sabhāyaṁ nisīdati, na kammantaṁ payojeti, na kambojaṁ gacchatī”ti?

“Ānanda, ladies are irritable,“Kodhano, ānanda, mātugāmo; jealous,issukī, ānanda, mātugāmo; stingy,maccharī, ānanda, mātugāmo; and unintelligent.duppañño, ānanda, mātugāmo— This is the cause, this is the reason why ladies don’t attend council meetings, work for a living, or travel to Persia.”ayaṁ kho, ānanda, hetu ayaṁ paccayo, yena mātugāmo neva sabhāyaṁ nisīdati, na kammantaṁ payojeti, na kambojaṁ gacchatī”ti.