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MAHAVAGGA.
VI, 34, 2.
by making showers of grain fall down from the sky. His wife was possessed of this miraculous power: When she sat down beside a pint' pot and vessel for curry and sauce she could serve the serving men with food; and so long as she did not get up, it was not exhausted. Their son was possessed of this miraculous power: He could take a bag containing a thousand, and give to each serving man six months' wages; and so long as he held it in his hand, it was not exhausted.
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2. Their daughter-in-law was possessed of this miraculous power: When she sat down beside a four-bushel basket she could give six months' rice to the serving men; and so long as she did not get up, it was not exhausted. Their slave was possessed of this miraculous power: When he ploughed with one plough-share seven furrows were formed.
3, 4. Now the Mâgadha king Seniya' Bimbisâra heard: In Bhaddiya-nagara in our kingdom there dwells, they say, a householder named Mendaka, who is possessed (&c., as in §§ 1, 2, down to the end).'
5. Then the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisâra said to a certain minister who had charge of general affairs: They say, good Sir, that in Bhaddiyanagara (&c., as above). Go, good Sir, and find out about this. When you have seen it, it shall be the same as if I myself had seen it.'
'Even so, Lord,' said that minister, in assent, to the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisâra, and he set out for Bhaddiya-nagara with his fourfold host.
6. And proceeding straight on he came to Bhaddiya-nagara, and to the place where the householder
1 Alhaka. See Rh. D., 'Ancient Coins and Measures,' p. 18. Ibid. p. 9 and note 4. 3 Dona. Ibid. p. 18.
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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 |