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MAHÂVAGGA.
VI, 21, 1.
offered, to eat things growing in woods and ponds, even if they are not the leavings of the meal of one who has eaten 1.'
21. 1. Now at that time edible fruit was very plentiful in Sâvatthi, but there was no one to make it allowable . And the Bhikkhus, fearing to offend, would not eat of it.
They told that thing to the Blessed One.
I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to eat fruit which has not yet had any seed in it, or which has no more seed in it, even without any one being there to make it allowable !!
22. 1. Now when the Blessed One had remained at Sâvatthi as long as he thought fit, he went forth on his journey to Râgagaha. And wandering straight on he arrived at Râgagaha : and there at Râgagaha he stayed at the Veluvana in the Kalandaka-nivåpa.
Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu was suffering from fistula“. And the physician (named) Åkasagotta lanced it. And the Blessed One when he
See the note above, on VI, 18, 4. * See above, VI, 17, 7.
8 Buddhaghosa says, abigan ti taruna-phalam; yassa bigam ankuram na ganeti. Nibbatta-bigan (nivatta-bigan ?) ti bigam nibbattetva (nivattetvâ ?) apanetvå.
• Compare VIII, 1, 14.
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