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X, 11, 1.
ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUNIS.
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light (of a half-opened door)', nor to have dances performed, nor to keep courtesans, nor to keep a tavern, nor to keep a slaughter-house, nor to open a shop, nor to practise usury, nor to supply men slaves or women slaves, or men servants or maid servants, or animals, nor to carry on the business of florist and seedsman 2, nor to carry the razor case 3."
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A Bhikkhunt is not, O Bhikkhus, to wear robes that are all of a blue, light yellow, crimson, black, brownish-yellow, or dark yellow colour: nor to wear robes with skirts to them which are not made of torn pieces of cloth, or are long, or have flowers worked on them, or cobras' hoods; nor to wear jackets, nor dresses made of the fibre of the Tiritaka plant. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
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I. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhunt, when on her death-bed, said: 'After I am gone, let my set of necessaries belong to the Samgha.' Then the
1 Sâloke titthantîti dvârom vivaritvâ upaddha-kayam dassentiyo tilthanti (B.). Compare Theri-gâthâ 73.
Harîtaka-pannikam pakinantîti harîtakan k' eva pannin ka pakinanti, pakinnakâpanam pasârentîli vuttam hoti (B.). Compare pannika-upâsako in the Gâtaka I, 411=II, 180.
Namatakam dhâreti. See V, 27, 3, and our note above on V, II, 1. The expression evidently means here to be a barber.'
This paragraph has already occurred above, in respect to the Bhikkhus (Mahâvagga VIII, 29), where see our notes on the various items.
5 Parikkhâro; that is, the eight things over which a member
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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 |