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MAHÂVAGGA.
1, 54, 2.
Kapilavatthu. Wandering from place to place he came to Kapilavatthu. There the Blessed One dwelt in the Sakka country, near Kapilavatthu, in the Nigrodharama (Banyan Grove).
And in the forenoon the Blessed One, having put on his under-robes, took his alms-bowl and with his kivara on went to the residence of the Sakka Suddhodana (his father). Having gone there, he sat down on a seat laid out for him.
Then the princess, who was the mother of Râhula?, said to young Râhula: ‘This is your father, Rahula ; go and ask him for your inheritance.
2. Then young Rahula went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him, he stationed himself before the Blessed One (and said) : *Your shadow, Samana, is a place of bliss.'
Then the Blessed One rose from his seat and went away, and young Râhula followed the Blessed One from behind and said: 'Give me my inheritance, Samana; give me my inheritance, Samana.'
Then the Blessed One said to the venerable Sâriputta : 'Well, Sâriputta, confer the pabbaggâ ordination on young Râhula.'
(Sâriputta replied): 'How shall I confer, Lord, the pabbaggâ ordination on young Râhula?'
3. In consequence of that and on this occasion the Blessed One, after having delivered a religious discourse, thus addressed the Bhikkhus: 'I prescribe,
1 The Buddha's former wife. This is, as far as we know, the only passage in the Pali Pitakas which mentions this lady, and it deserves notice that her name is not mentioned. Probably this name was unknown to the Buddhists in early times, and thus we may best account for the difference of the simply invented names given to this lady by later writers. Compare Rh. D., Buddhism, p. 50 seq.
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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 |