{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an5.230/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an5.230","id":"suttacentral_an5.230","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.230/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are these five drawbacks of a black cobra. What five? It\u2019s irritable, acrimonious, venomous, fork-tongued, and treacherous. These are the five dangers of a black cobra. In the same way there are these five drawbacks of a lady. What five? She\u2019s irritable, acrimonious, venomous, fork-tongued, and treacherous. This is a lady\u2019s venom: usually she\u2019s very lustful. This is a lady\u2019s forked tongue: usually she backbites. This is a lady\u2019s treachery: usually she\u2019s an adulteress. These are the five drawbacks of a lady.\u201d","title":"Black Cobras (2nd)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":84}