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MAHÂVAGGA.
V, 13, 13.
rule, before it reaches the hand (of the person for whom it was intended)?.'
On this last clause compare the first Nissaggiya, and our note there. The clause here means that the ten days of the rule in the Pâtimokkha are not to begin to run, under the circumstances specified, till the set of robes has actually reached the hand of the Bhikkhu for whom they were intended.
Buddhaghosa says here: Yava âharitvà vâ na dinnam tumhakam bhante kivaram uppannan ti pahinitvå và nârokitam, tâva gananam na upeti, anadhitthitam na vattati. Yada pana ânetvâ vâ dinnam hoti, uppannan ti vâ sutam, tato patthaya dasaham eva pariharam labhati.
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