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MAHÂVAGGA.
V, 1, 30.
to them.” [30.] If the Blessed One will enjoin their use upon the Order of Bhikkhus, I will also use them. If the Blessed One will not enjoin their use upon the Order of Bhikkhus, neither will I use them.'
Then the Blessed One, on that occasion, having delivered a religious discourse, thus addressed the Bhikkhus:
'I enjoin upon you, O Bhikkhus, the use of shoes with one lining to them. Doubly lined shoes, Bhikkhus, are not to be worn, nor trebly lined ones, nor shoes with many linings! Whosoever shall wear such, is guilty of a dukkata offence.'
1. Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus were in the habit of wearing slippers all of a blue, yellow, red, brown, black, orange, or yellowish colour 2. People were annoyed, murmured, and became angry, saying, '(These act) like those who still enjoy the pleasures of the world. The brethren told this thing to the Blessed One.
Do not wear, O Bhikkhus, shoes that are all of
Dvi-gunâ 'ti dvi-palala. Ti-gunâ 'ti ti-palala. Ganamganûpâhanâ 'ti katu-patalato patthaya vukkati (B.).
? Nilikâ ummâra-puppha-vanna hoti; pitika kanikara-pupphavanna; lohitika gayasumana-puppha-vanna; mañgetthikâ mañgetthi-vanna eva; kanha alâritthaka-vanna; maharangaratta satapada-pitthi-vannâ (Mahâragana is saffron; the colour of the back of a centipede is brownish yellow), ma hânâmarattâ sambhinna-vanna hoti pandu-palâsa-vanna, Kurundiyam pana padumapuppha-vannà 'ti vuttam (B.).
* Read gihikâmabhogino (as corrected at vol. ii. p. 363).
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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 |