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etc. were deemed unfit for monks.256 Cloths kept for the rainy season (padhamasamosarana) were not to be accepted, but such as were kept for the rest of the year were allowed.257 Obtaining such clothing going under the category called 'jāyaṇāvattha' or 'nimantanävattha "258 which consisted of four kinds250 was not allowed, and a monk had to undergo punishment for these transgressions.
Colouring the Clothes:
No colouring or discolouring, of uncoloured or coloured clothes respectively, was allowed.200 It may be noted that the Avasyakaniryukti to the sukkambarā samanā' (white-clothed monks).
refers
Washing of Clothes:
It may be noted that even though the Acaränga and the Nikitha Sutra,263 which belong to the groups called the Añgas and the Chedasūtras respectively, do not allow the washing of clothes, the Pinda-264 and the Ogha-niryuktis give great details about it. The following account is based on the above two texts.
Time for Washing:
Clothes and other requisites were washed and cleaned a little before the rainy season began.
Articles Essentially Washed:
In cases of shortage of water the pot and its other accessories (pāyaṇijjoga) at least, were to be washed.
Besides the päyanijjoga, the nissejjäs, the santhäragapatta, the uttarapaṭṭa, the colapatta, the muhapotti, and the rayaharana were to be washed and cleaned.
256. Ibid., 7, 10-12.
257. Brh. kalp. 3, 17-18; Nis. 10, 47.
258. Ibid., 15, 99.
259. Ibid.
260. Ibid., 18, 21-64; also Acara. II, 5, 2, 1 (p. 163).
261. V. 357.
262. II, 5, 1, 17 (p. 162).
263. 18, 21-64.
264. Vs. 23-34. 265.
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