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MAHÂVAGGA.
1, 28, 5.
u pasampadà ordination in this way: Let a learned, competent Bhikkhu proclaim the following Katti before the Samgha:
Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me. This person N. N. desires to receive the upasam pada ordination from the venerable N. N. (i. e. with the venerable N. N. as his u pagghảya). If the Samgha is ready, let the Samgha confer on N. N. the upasampadâ ordination with N. N. as upagghầya. This is the Katti.
5,6. 'Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me. This person N. N. desires to receive the upasampadâ ordination from the venerable N. N. The Samgha confers on N. N. the upasa mpadâ ordination with N. N. as upagghầya. Let any one of the venerable brethren who is in favour of the upasampada ordination of N. N. with N. N. as upagghầya, be silent, and any one who is not in favour of it, speak.
And for the second time I thus speak to you: Let the Samgha (&c., as before).
And for the third time I thus speak to you: Let the Samgha, &c.
'N. N. has received the upasampadâ ordination from the Samgha with N. N. as upagghaya. The Samgha is in favour of it, therefore it is silent. Thus I understand?.'
29. 1. At that time a certain Bhikkhu shortly after having received the upasam padâ ordination, aban
1 With this and the following chapters should be compared the corresponding ordinance laid down in chapters 74-76.
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