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PÂKITTIYA DHAMMA.
robes are being made. This is right occasion in this passage.
34. In case people should offer a Bhikkhu, who has gone to some house, to take as much as he chose of their sweetmeats and cakes, that Bhikkhu, should he so wish, may accept two or three bowls full?. If he should accept more than that—that is a Pâkittiya.
When he has accepted two or three bowls full', he must take them away, and divide them up among the Bhikkhus. That is the proper course in this case.
35. Whatsoever Bhikkhu, when he has once finished his meal, though still invited (to continue eating?), shall eat or partake of food that has not been left over“, whether hard or soft 5—that is a Pâkittiya.
1 In the text read dvittipattapurâ.
The word for sweetmeats, půva, includes all those sweetmeats which it was then (as it is now) the custom to send as presents from one house to another at weddings, funerals, and such occasions.
Cakes' (mantha) refers to those rice-cakes, &c., which were usually prepared as provision for a journey. Compare Gâtaka I, 80.
Should offer to take as much as he chose' is the phrase referred to above in our note on the 7th Nissaggiya. The Vibhanga says here, Abhihatum pavâreyyâ 'ti yâvatakam ikkhasi tâvatakam ganhâhîti.
? Pavârito. The Vibhanga says, Pavârito nâma âsanam paññâyati bhoganam paññâyati hatthapâse thito abhiharati pafikkhepo paññâyati, which means, we think, 'A seat for him is there, food is there, (the host) standing near him still makes invitation, but there takes place a refusal (of the proferred food).'
8 Khâdeyya va bhungeyya va.
• The 'not left over' refers only to the case of a sick Bhikkhu. A Bhikkhu in health, when he has once finished his meal, ought not to eat what he has left.
6 Khâdaniyam vâ bhoganiyam vâ. The former term is used of hard food, such as biscuits, cakes, meats, fruits, &c.; the latter
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |