Sister Somṅ Somṅ Sutta (SN 5:2)

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('â', Iâm a womanâ or ),

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('â', a manâ or ),

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('â', Am I anything at all?â— thatâs who Mṅraâs fit to address." Then Mṅra the Evil One—sad & dejected at realizing, "Somṅ the nun knows me"—vanished right there. - --> - - - -