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MAHAVAGGA.
I, 36, 17.
or when he has not completed the tenth year (after his upasampada). In these five cases, &c.
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17. In five cases, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu may confer, &c.: When he knows (&c., down to:); when he has completed ten years or more than ten years (after his upasampadâ). In these five cases, &c.'
End of the sixteen times five cases concerning the admissibility of upasampadâ.
37.
'In six cases, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu should not confer, &c."'
End of the sixteen times six cases concerning the admissibility of upasampadâ.
38.
1. At that time that Bhikkhu who, having formerly belonged to a Titthiya school, had (by reasoning) put to silence his upagghâya, when he remonstrated with him according to the Dhamma, and had returned to that same Titthiya school3, came back again and asked the Bhikkhus for the upasampa dâ ordination. The Bhikkhus told, &c.
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That Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, who having formerly
1 Chap. 37 is exactly identical with chap. 36. 2-15, but for the sixth case, which, throughout chap. 37, is added each time at the end of the five cases given in chap. 36, 'When he has not completed the tenth year (after his upasampa dâ);' and respectively, When he has completed ten years or more than ten years (after his upasampadâ).'
2 It should be, 'Fourteen times.'
See chap. 31, § 6.
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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 |