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VI, 25. 1.
ON MEDICAMENTS.
sets right the humors of the body; purifies the bladder; and promotes the digestion. This tenfold merit, O Brahmana, is attached to rice-milk.
6. “He who attentively at the right time gives rice-milk to the self-possessed, who live on what others give to them, will benefit them in ten ways: life and colour, joy and strength (he gives to them);
Readiness of mind arises from it; it dispels hunger and thirst, and sets the humors right; it purifies the bladder, and brings the food to digestion. As medicine the Perfect One has praised it.
*Therefore should rice-milk be continually given by a man who is longing for joy, who is desirous of heavenly joy, or who aspires to human prosperity.
7. And the Blessed One, having gladdened that Brâhmana by these stanzas, rose from his seat and went away. .
And in consequence of this event the Blessed One, after having delivered a religious discourse, thus addressed the Bhikkhus: 'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, (to partake of) rice-milk and honeylumps.
25. 1. Now the people heard: "The Blessed One has allowed (to the Bhikkhus to partake of) ricemilk and honey-lumps.' They prepared early in the morning solid rice-milk' and honey-lumps. The Bhikkhus, having satiated themselves in the
1 Bhogga-yâgu, literally, eatable rice-milk, which seems opposed to the ordinary rice-milk which was drunk. Yagu is the Pali word for what is called in Anglo-Indian terminology congey.' Bhoggayâgu is ‘rice pudding made with milk.'
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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 |