Weapons carried by nuns? Seeking clarification on nun rule involving weapons, it seems to say nuns should carry one when travelling in dangerous area

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What does this weapon mean? Pepper spray, gun, or lay women who knows martial arts?

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This is a mistake in the translation. The correct rule should be:

‘If a nun goes wandering without a group of travelers where it is considered dangerous and frightening within her own country, she commits an offense entailing confession.

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Thank you! Venerable.

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I am tagging venerable @Brahmali as he may eventually translate the bhikkhuni vinaya vibhanga?
:anjal:

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He has already done it. The translation I quote above is his. It’s not yet officially published, so I hope he doesn’t mind…

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The word for “caravan” (i.e. “group of travellers” as Brahmali has it) is sattha, which is a homonym for sattha = “knife, sword”. It’s a bad mistake in Horner’s translation.

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Should / could we fix it? :anjal:

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