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PÂTIMOKKHA.
36. Whatsoever Bhikkhu shall offer a Bhikkhu who has finished his meal, though still invited to continue eating, his choice of food, whether hard or soft, that has not been left over, saying, 'Come, now, Bhikkhu; take and eat!' deliberately desiring to stir up longing (in that Bhikkhu); then if that Bhikkhu eats 1—that is a Pâkittiya.
37. Whatsoever Bhikkhu shall take or eat any food, whether hard or soft, at the wrong time 2that is a Pâkittiya.
38. Whatsoever Bhikkhu shall eat food, whether hard or soft, that has been put by—that is a Pâkittiya.
39. Whatsoever Bhikkhu, when he is not sick, shall request, for his own use, and shall partake of delicacies—to wit, ghee, butter, oil, honey, molasses, fish, flesh, milk, curds 3—that is a Pâkittiya.
40. Whatsoever Bhikkhu shall place, as food, within the door of his mouth, anything not given to him, save only water and a tooth-cleaner that is a Pâkittiya.
Here ends the fourth section,
the 'Bhogana-section.'
41. Whatsoever Bhikkhu shall, with his own
term of soft foods, such as boiled rice, curries, &c. The two words for eating correspond to these two ideas.
1 Bhuttasmim pâkittiya; that is, the offence is completed when the eating has taken place; but the offer alone is not a Pakittiya. So the Vibhanga. 2 After sun-turn.
In the text read tâni; madhu phânitam. • Dantapona; doubtless the same, perhaps an older expression for, the dantakaltha referred to in Kullavagga V, 31. It is a piece of fragrant root (cinnamon, betel, &c.) about eight inches long.
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