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recovered recollection of it, and addressed a certain minister who had charge of general affairs, and said : *The park-keeper whom I promised to the venerable one, has he been given to him ?' 'No, your Majesty!
How long is it then, good Sir, since that was determined ?'
4. Then that minister, counting up the nights, said to the Mâgadha king Seniya Bimbisâra, Five hundred nights, your Majesty'
Give then, my good Sir, five hundred parkkeepers to the venerable one!'
"As your Majesty commands,' said that minister in assent to the Mâgadha king Seniya Bimbisâra ; and he gave over to the venerable Pilindavakkha five hundred park-keepers, and for their use) a distinct village grew up. And they called it Åramika-gâma, and they called it also Pilinda-gama. Thenceforward the venerable Pilindavakkha depended upon the families living in that village (for alms, &c.). And the venerable Pilindavakkha robed himself early in the morning, and entered into Pilinda-gâma, duly bowled and robed for alms.
5. Now at that time there was a feast in that village, and the children were celebrating it, with their ornaments on, and decked with garlands. And the venerable Pilindavakkha, when he was going his rounds for alms, straight on from house to house, came to the dwelling-place of a certain park-keeper ; and when he had come there he sat down on a seat prepared for him.
And at that time the daughter of that parkkeeper's wife, seeing the other children with their ornaments on, and decked with garlands, began to
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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 |