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ON MEDICAMENTS.
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sick Bhikkhus could not otherwise eat. They may be received and stored up (&c., as in chap. 4, down to :) guilty of a dukkata offence.'
1. Now at that time the Bhikkhus who were sick had need of various kinds of gum as medicine.
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of gums as medicine—hingu', hingu lac, sipâlika ?, taka?, takapattis, taka-panni", saggulasa“, and whatsoever other gums are used for medicine, and impart (&c., as in chap. 4, down to :) is guilty of a dukkata offence.'
1. Now at that time the Bhikkhus who were sick had need of various kinds of salt as medicine.
They told this thing to the Blessed One. 'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of salts as
· Ferula assa foetida. Böhtlingk-Roth (sub voce) say it comes from Persia. It is much used in Hindu medicine. See Wise, Hindu System of Medicine,' pp. 152-154.
9 The correct spelling is probably sivâtika. Böhtlingk-Roth under Sivalikâ and Hingu-sivâsika say it is the same as Vamsapattri.
* Buddhaghosa merely says these are kinds of lac. According to Wise, p. 152, lâksha is used as errhine.
• Resin.
* On these salts compare Abhidhânappadîpika, verse 461; Susruta, vol. I, pp. 226, 227, of the edition by Madhusgdana Gupta; Wise, Hindu Medicine,' p. 117.
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