History of Jaina Monachism

SR No.: 001727
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S B Deo
Publisher: Deccan College Research Institute
Publication Year: 1956
Total Pages: 616
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Principle, & History
File Size: 12 MB

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S. B. DEO (2) To a nun getting the following actions done for a monk by a heretic or a householder: 121
Getting the feet cleaned, massaged, or rubbed with oil, ghee, butter or fat; sprayed with powder; washed with pure hot or cold water; get them fumigated;
The same as above regarding the body;
Getting the wound cut, wiped, cleaned, dressed or besmeared with ointment;
Getting the germs on the body removed;
Getting the nails, moustache, the hair in the armpit or on the eyes cut and fashioned;
Getting the teeth brushed and cleaned; getting the lips and eyes wiped and cleaned;
Cutting the hair on the brows or sides; Cleaning the nails, teeth, eyes, ears or the body.
(3) The same activities as above if got done by a monk for a nun through a heretic or a householder.
FOOD AND BEGGING :
(1) Receiving food in the first quarter of the day and keeping it upto the last i.e. the fourth quarter (porisī) and eating it oneself or giving it to another monks.122
(2) Carrying food beyond the limit of half a yojana, and when the food becomes stale, eating it or giving it to others.123
(3) Accepting more than three dattis of the 'vikrti' for the ill; touring from village to village carrying these with oneself; straining them or asking somebody to do so, or accepting strained 'vikrtis'.124
(4) Buying or making one buy or accepting bought vikstis, exchanging them, bringing them on credit, asking somebody to do so, or accepting those brought on credit 125
(5) Accepting food brought from the terrace or granary or by breaking the seal; or that placed on living beings; or that, being hot, is fanned
121. Ibid., 17, 15-120. 122. Bļh. Kalp. 4, 11. 123. Ibid., 4, 12. 124. Nis. 19, 1-7. 125. Ibid., 19, 1-4.