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rule, before it reaches the hand (of the person for whom it was intended)'.'
MAHAVAGGA.
On this last clause compare the first Nissaggiya, and our note there. The clause here means that the ten days of the rule in the Pâtimokkha are not to begin to run, under the circumstances specified, till the set of robes has actually reached the hand of the Bhikkhu for whom they were intended.
Buddhaghosa says here: Yâva âharitvâ vâ na dinnam tumhâkam bhante kivaram uppannan ti pahinitvâ vâ nârokitam, tâva gananam na upeti, anadhithitam na vattati. Yadâ pana ânetvâ vâ dinnam hoti, uppannan ti vâ sutam, tato pathâya dasâham eva parihâram labhati.
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