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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

2: The Book of the Twos

61

1“Mendicants, females die without getting enough of two things. What two? Sexual intercourse and giving birth. Females die without getting enough of these two things.”

1"Dvinnaṁ dhammānaṁ, bhikkhave, atitto appaṭivāno mātugāmo kālaṁ karoti. Katamesaṁ dvinnaṁ? Methunasamāpattiyā ca vijāyanassa ca. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ dhammānaṁ atitto appaṭivāno mātugāmo kālaṁ karotī"ti.