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MAHÂVAGGA.
VIII, 1, 25.
hand.' And Givaka Komârabhakka went to the place where king Paggota was; having approached him he said to king Paggota :
25. We physicians, Sire, draw out roots and gather medical drugs at such an hour as this. May it please Your Majesty to send the following order to the (royal) stables, and to the gates (of the town): “Let Givaka ride out on what animal he likes; let him leave (the town) by what gate he likes ; let him leave at what hour he likes; let him enter again at what hour he likes.”
And king Paggota sent the following order to the (royal) stables and to the gates (of the town): 'Let Givaka ride out on what animal he likes, &c.'
At that time king Paggota had a she-elephant, called Bhaddavatika, which could travel fifty yoganas (in one day). And Givaka Komârabhakka gave the ghee to king Paggota (saying), ‘May Your Majesty drink this decoction. Then, having made king Paggota drink the ghee, Givaka Komârabhakka went to the elephant stable, and hasted away from the town on the she-elephant Bhaddavatika.
26. And when king Paggota had drunk that ghee and was digesting it, it made him vomit. Then king Paggota. said to his attendants : “That wicked Givaka, my good Sirs, has given me ghee to drink. Go, my good Sirs, and seek the physician Gfvaka.'
(The attendants answered), 'He has run away from the town on the she-elephant Bhaddavatika.'
At that time king Paggota had a slave, Kaka by name, who could travel sixty yoganas (in one day), who had been begotten by a non-human being. To this slave Kâka, king Paggota gave the order: 'Go, my good Kåka, and call the physician Givaka back
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| SR No. | 007684 |
| Book Title | Vinaya Texts |
| 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 |