 In 1983, he obtained permission from the Sangha in Thailand, to give a ten-precept "pabbajja" to women, giving them official recognition as female renunciants trained in the Ajahn Chah lineage.The reasons for its establishment are due to the historical loss of the bhikkhuni (nun's) ordination in Theravada Buddhism, limiting renunciation for female Theravadins to ad-hoc roles such as the thilashins and maechis, neither of which garner respect from the Theravada community as genuine renunciants.Ajahn Sumedho enlisted Ajahn Sucitto to train the nuns from 1984 to 1991.