V.SIMILARITYEe does not number this chapter or the suttas it contains.Ce and Be number it X.(or 10),continuing the consecutive numbering scheme used for the earlier vaggas in this nipata.Ce numbers the suttas 1-27,Be 91-116.The difference in number stems from the addition of one laywoman mentioned in Ce and Ee (which I follow) but missing in Be.
Ee does not number this chapter or the suttas it contains.Ce and Be number it X.(or 10),continuing the consecutive numbering scheme used for the earlier vaggas in this nipata.Ce numbers the suttas 1-27,Be 91-116.The difference in number stems from the addition of one laywoman mentioned in Ce and Ee (which I follow) but missing in Be.91(1)-117(27)
The editions differ in the extent to which they attach epithets to the personal names of the women.Ce has the greatest number;some may be late additions.Ee attaches upasika only to Khujjuttarā,Samavati,and Suppiya;Be attaches it to these three and to Bojjha.The designations rajakumari (princess) and devi(queen)are found only in Ce.I have been irregular in my treatment of the word mata pertaining to a woman's identity.When it follows another name occurring in the genitive,I translate it"mother."When it is the last part of a compound,as in Migāramata,I leave it untranslated,assuming it was probably part of the woman's actual name-in-use and not merely a way of indicating her identity.Mp says that all these suttas should be elaborated by way of the undertaking of the uposatha observance complete with the eight factors.Thus presumably they should all be modeled on 8:42.At 8:43 and 8:45 we already find this for Visakhā and Bojjhā respectively.
Then the female lay follower Bojjhā...Sirimā...Padumā...Sutanā...Manujā...Uttarā...Muttā...Khemā...SomaThis name is omitted in Be,which accordingly has only twenty- six suttas in this chapter....Rucī...
Princess Cundī...the female lay follower Bimbī...Princess Sumanā...[348]Queen Mallikā...the female lay follower Tissā...Sonā the mother of Tissā...the mother of Sonā...Kanā...the mother of Kanā.….Uttara NandamātaShe is probably identical with Velukantakī Nandamata.See p 1610,note 141....Visakhā Migāramatā...the female lay follower Khujjuttarā...the female lay follower Sāmavatī...Suppavasa the Koliyan daughter...the female layfollower Suppiyā...the housewife Nakulamāta...