Prophetic text
With Gotamī (AN 8.51)
Discourse attributed to the Buddha, transmitted in the Aṅguttara Nikāya
Contains an explicit prediction that the true teaching will remain five hundred years rather than one thousand, in the narrative of women’s admission to monastic life.
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Edition and location
Bhikkhu Sujato English translation, SuttaCentral Bilara published branch; segment identifiers retained as locators.
AN 8.51 §§25–30, with the admission narrative in §§1–24