Vinaya Texts

SR No.: 007684
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2523
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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VIII, 1, 4.
THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS.
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this order of the courtezan Salavati (by saying), • Yes, Madam.'
4. And the courtezan Sâlavati, when the child in her womb had reached maturity, gave birth to a boy. And the courtezan Salavatt gave orders to her maid-servant (saying), 'Go, my girl, put this boy into an old winnowing basket, take him away, and throw him away on a dust-heap. The servant accepted this order of the courtezan Salavatt (by saying), 'Yes, Madam,' put that boy into an old winnowing basket, took him away, and threw him away on a dust-heap.
At that time a royal prince, Abhaya by name`, went betimes to attend upon the king, and saw that boy, around whom crows were gathering. When he saw that, he asked the people : What is that, my good Sirs, around which the crows are gathering?'
It is a boy, Your Highness ?'
Is he alive, Sirs ?' "He is alive, Your Highness.'
Well, my good Sirs, bring that boy to our palace and give him to the nurses to nourish him.'
And those people accepted that order of the royal prince Abhaya (by saying), “Yes, Your Highness,' brought that boy to the palace of the royal prince Abhaya, and gave him to the nurses (saying), "Nourish (this boy).'
* This royal prince Abhaya' (Abhaya kumâra) is mentioned by the Gainas under the name of Abhayakumara as the son of Seniya, i.e. Bimbisâra. See Jacobi, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morg. Gesellschaft, vol. xxxiv, p. 187.
3 The word which we have translated. Your Highness' (deva, lit. 'God') is the same which is used by all persons except by Samanas in addressing a king.
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