Bhikkhunikkhandhaka

The Bhikkhunikkhandhaka, “the Chapter on nuns”, comprises all the rules outside of the Monastic Code, the Pātimokkha, that are specific to the nuns, including the ordination ceremony and ordination by messenger. The chapter begins with the ordination of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, which marks the beginning of the Sangha of nuns.