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MAHAVAGGA.
I, 20, 18.
Then the Gatila Uruvelâ Kassapa prostrated himself, inclining his head to the feet of the Blessed One, and said to the Blessed One: 'Lord, let me receive the pabbaggâ and upasampadâ ordinations from the Blessed One.'
18. (Buddha replied): 'You, Kassapa, are chief, leader, foremost, first, and highest of five hundred Gatilas; go first and inform them of your intention, and let them do what they think fit.'
Then the Gatila Uruvelâ Kassapa went to those Gatilas; having gone to them, he said to those Gatilas: 'I wish, Sirs, to lead a religious life under the direction of the great Samana; you may do, Sirs, what you think fit.'
(The Gatilas replied): 'We have conceived, Sir, an affection for the great Samana long since; if you will lead, Sir, a religious life under the great Samana's direction, we will all lead a religious life under the great Samana's direction.'
19. Then the Gatilas flung their hair1, their braids, their provisions, and the things for the agnihotra sacrifice into the river, and went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him and prostrated themselves before him, inclining their heads to the feet of the Blessed One, they said to the Blessed One: Lord, let us receive the pabbaggâ and upasampadâ ordinations from the Blessed One.'
1 Which they had cut off in order to receive the pabbaggâ ordination, see chap. 12. 3.
2 We are extremely doubtful about the meaning of khârikâga, which Buddhaghosa explains by khâribhâra. Perhaps it may mean provisions of any description of which each Gafila used to keep one khârî (a certain dry measure).
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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 |