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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V, 11, 3. ON THE DAILY LIFE OF THE BHIKKHUS.
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and that you are to sew the robes together after tying down Kathina-strings here and there.'
They spread out the Kathina on uneven (ground), and the Kathina fell to pieces ?
You are not, O Bhikkhus, to spread out the Kathina on uneven (ground). Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.
They spread out the Kathina on the ground, and the Kathina became dirty.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of a grass-mat.' The edge of the Kathina decayed through age.
I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to strengthen it by a doubling or a binding along the edge ?.
The Kathina was not large enough 3. 'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of a danda
clear to us, but it is evidently a sort of framework, or bench, for the tailors to lay out their work upon. Our notes above on the Ist Nissaggiya and on Mahavagga VII, 1, 3, refer to a different and secondary use of the word in the Kathina ceremoniesso-called doubtless because the Kathina-dussa (the supply of cloth to be dyed, sewn, and made up into robes, and distributed, on one and the same day) was to be so sewn with the aid of the Kathina here referred to. Buddhaghosa says here, Kathinan ti nisseni pi tattha attharita-katasaraka-kilankanam aññataram pi kalhinam vukkati yâya dupalta-kîvaram sibbenti kathine kîvaram pi bandhanti. On Dupatta, see Mahâvagga VIII, 14, 1.
The use of obandhitva (in reference to the Kathina), in opposition to sambandhitva (in reference to the mere stakes), is worthy of notice.
i Paribhiggati. Perhaps we should translate, did not hold together.' See the last section.
Anuvâtam paribhandam. See Mahavagga VII, 1, 5, VIII, 21, Kullavagga V, 9, 4, VI, 17, 1, XI, 1, 14, and our notes there.
& Kathinam na ppa hotî ti dîghassa bhikkhuno pamânena katam kathinam tattha rassassa bhikkhuno kivaram patthariyamânam na ppahoti anto yeva hoti (B.).
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