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VIII, 29, 1.
THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS.
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an owl, clad in antelope skins (with the hoofs left on). But instead of adopt nakedness as the
Titthiyas do' substitute respectively wear a garment of grass, &c., which is the symbol the Titthiyas use.']
. 3. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu came up to the place where the Blessed One was, clad in cloth made of the stalks of the akka plant %.
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And when he had rebuked him, and had delivered a religious discourse, he addressed the Bhikkhus, and said :
You are not, O Bhikkhus, to dress yourselves in the stalks of the akka plant. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
[ 3 is then repeated of a Bhikkhu clad in cloth made of the makaki fibre *.]
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1. Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus wore robes that were all of a blue, light yellow, crimson, brown, black, brownish yellow, or dark
* Buddhaghosa, at Suttavibhanga, Pârágika I, 10, 3, where this word occurs, says on it, Aginakkhikan (sic) ti salomam sakhuram agina-miga-kammam. Compare also above, Mahâvagga V, 2, 4.
* Titthiya-dhaga. Compare Gataka I, 65, and Kullavagga I, 27.
Akkanâlan ti akkanâlamayam (B.). Compare BöhtlingkRoth, under arka.
• Potthako ti makakimayo vukkati (B.). So also Childers, sub voce,
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