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The Śrāmaṇerikā Precepts Sūtra concerns the disciplinary training of novice nuns, focusing on the precepts, deportment, and cultivation regulations that śrāmaṇerikās should uphold; the Śāriputra Inquiry Sūtra discusses issues related to Buddhist institutions, vinaya, the saṅgha, and practice in question-and-answer form. The format of two scriptures in one scroll indicates that they once circulated together as combined editions of short vinaya or institutional scriptures. This item is labeled as a Qisha block edition printed by the Yao family north of Leqiao in Pingjiang, a Yuan printed edition. Although limited in page count, it holds reference value for observing Yuan dynasty Buddhist canon printing, combinations of short vinaya texts, and the Buddhist publishing network in the Jiangnan region.