In 2002 Thailand hosted its first evet ordination ceremony for women.; marking a new chapter in Thai Buddhism. The woman was ordained by a Sri Lankan woman monk in the presence of a male Thai monk. Sri Lanka revived female ordinations in the Theravada Buddhism tradition in 1998. The Thai clergy always insists that it is impossible to set up the female clergy in Thailand because the BHIKKHUNI tineage in the Theravada tradition was long extinct.
In 1932 The abbot of Wa Khao Yai in Phetchaburi ordained two female novices as BHIKKUNI Bangkok Buddhist retigious authorities ordered them to disrobe and dectared invalid their ordination.
A SAMANERI is a female novice who observes 10 precepts. A BHIKKHUNI is a fully ordained nun.