At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery. At that time a number of nuns were traveling through the Kosalan country on their way to Sāvatthī, when one evening they arrived at a certain village. There they went to a brahmin family and asked for a place to stay. The brahmin woman told them, “Please wait, venerables, until my husband returns.” While they were waiting, the nuns put out bedding, and some sat down on it while others lay down. When the husband returned at night, he said to his wife, “Who are they?” “They are nuns.” “Throw out these shaven-headed sluts!”, and he had them thrown out of the house.