(26) 佛度姨母　尼眾始有
佛姨母摩訶波闍波提，妻耶輸陀羅率宮女五百人，懇請准入僧團，佛再三拒絕後得阿難請求，立「八敬法」（註12）後，准女眾出家，是為比丘尼之始。

Buddha Ordained his Aunt, the Beginning of Bikhunnis.
The aunt of Buddha, Prajapati, and his wife, Yasodhara, led five hundred court ladies, approached the Buddha and asked to join the Sangha. Three times the Buddha refused. Ananda personally begged the Buddha for approval and Buddha drawn up the Eight Commands (12) for the ladies to follow, thereby permitted the establishment of the order of Bikhunnis.

註十二
　　八敬法又名八敬戒、八尊師法、八不可越法。都是規定尼眾恭敬比丘、尊重比丘的事，所以後人稱之為八敬法。參考《佛學常見辭匯》
(12)The eight commands cover the manners how Bhikkhunis should treat and respect Bhikkhus. (Excerpted from The Seeker’s Glossary of Buddhism.)