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an owl, clad in antelope skins (with the hoofs left on)1. But instead of 'adopt nakedness as the Titthiyas do' substitute respectively wear a garment of grass, &c., which is the symbol the Titthiyas use.']
THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS.
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".
[All as before in § 1, down to :]
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 *.]
29.
I. Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus wore robes that were all of a blue, light yellow, crimson, brown, black, brownish yellow, or dark
1 Buddhaghosa, at Suttavibhanga, Pârâgika 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 Gâtaka 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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