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, 12.
THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS.
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intestines, in consequence of which he could digest neither the rice-milk which he drank, nor the food of which he partook, nor was he able to ease himself in the regular way. In consequence of that he grew lean, he looked disfigured and discoloured, (his complexion became) more and more yellow, and the veins stood out upon his skin.
Now the setthi of Benares thought : ‘My son is suffering from such and such a disease: he neither can digest the rice-milk which he drinks (&c., as above, down to :) and the veins stand out upon his skin. What if I were to go to Râgagaha and to ask the king for his physician Givaka to cure my son.'
And the setthi of Benares went to Ragagaha and repaired to the place where the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisåra was; having approached him he said to the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisâra : 'My son, Your Majesty, is suffering from such and such a disease: he neither can digest the rice-milk which he drinks (&c., as above, down to:) and the veins stand out upon his skin. May it please Your Majesty to order the physician Givaka to cure my son.'
22. Then the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisara gave orders to Givaka Komârabhakka (saying), 'Go, my dear Givaka; go to Benares, and cure the setthi's son at Benares.'
Givaka Komârabhakka accepted this order of the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisâra (by saying), 'Yes, Your Majesty,' went to Benares, and repaired to the place where the son of the Benares setthi was; having approached him, and having carefully
more in accordance with the phrase 'holding a stick in the air' (åkåse dandam gahetvâ) and with the phrase 'turning over and over' (samparivaltanam).
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