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णिग्गंथी वा फासुएसणिज्जं जाव... साइमं पडिग्गाहेत्ता परं बत्तीसाए कुक्कुडिअंडगपमाणमेत्ताणं कवलाणं आहारं आहारेइ एस णं गोयमा ! पमाणाइक्कंते पाणभोयणे । अट्ठ कुक्कुडिअंडगपमाणमेत्त कवले आहारं आहारेमाणे अप्पाहारे । दुवालस कुक्कुडिअंडगपमाणमेत्ते कवले आहारं आहारेमाणे अवड्ढोमोयरिया | सोलस कुक्कुडिअंडगपमाणमेत्ते कवले आहारं आहारेमाणे भागप्पत्ते । चउथ्वीसं कुक्कुडिअंडगपमाणे जाव... आहारं आहारेमाणे ओमोयरिया । बत्तीसं कुक्कुडिअंडगमेते कवले आहारं आहारेमाणे पमाणपत्ते । एत्तो एक्केण वि धासेणं ऊणगं आहारं आहारेमाण समणे णिग्गंथे णो पकामरसभोईत्ति वत्तव्वं सिया । एस णं गायमा । खत्ताइक्कंतस्स कालाइक्कृंतस्स मग्गाइक्कंतस्स पमाणाइक्कंतस्स पाणभोयणस्स अट्ठे पण्णत्ते ।
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A. 22. Gautama ! When a monk or a nun, having received before sunrise, food and drink, dainties and delicacies, pure and prescribed, eats them after sunrise, then (because of the sun's changing it position) the intake of that food, etc, is said to have transgressed prohibition regarding space. When a monk or a nun, till having received in the first quarter (porisi) defers the intake till the last quarter, then the intake is said to have transgressed prohibition regarding time. When a monk or anun, when begging food, till delicacies, goes beyond the prescribed limit of half a yojana (about a mile) to seek, then he or she is said to have transgressed prohibition regarding path. When a monk or a nun having received food, till delicacies, eats them in morsels each no bigger than a fowl's egg, more than thirty-two such morsels, then the intake is said to have transgressed prohibition regarding standard. One taking as many as eight such morsels, (i. e., each morsel no bigger than a fowl's egg), is said to be a little-eater ; one taking as twelve such morsels is said to be eating less many as than half the stomach ; one taking as many as sixteen such morsels is said to be eating half the stomach, which is half the standard quantity prescribed ; one taking as many as twenty-four such morsels is said to be eating less than full stomach ; one taking as many as said to be eating full stomach thirty-two morsels is (which is the standard). In eating even a morsel less