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MAHAVAGGA.
I, 43.
43.
At that time a certain person who had committed robbery had run away and had become ordained with the Bhikkhus. At the royal palace a proclamation was written: 'Wherever he is seen, he is to be killed.'
The people who saw him, said: 'Here is the proclaimed robber; come, let us kill him' (&c., as in chap. 42).
'Let no proclaimed robber, O Bhikkhus, receive the pabbaggâ ordination. He who confers the pabbaggå ordination (on such a robber), is guilty of a dukkata offence.'
44.
At that time a certain person who had been punished by scourging had been ordained with the Bhikkhus. People were annoyed, &c.: 'How can these Sakyaputtiya Samanas ordain a person that has been punished by scourging?'
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
'Let no one, O Bhikkhus, who has been punished by scourging, receive the pabbaggå ordination. He who confers the pabbaggâ ordination (on such a person), is guilty of a dukkata offence.'
45.
At that time a certain person who had been punished by branding (&c., as in chap. 44, down to the end).
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