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b: L: nitie; J: nitie bhikkhugāņam; - c: L: sumah’-ajjanittā; J: sumah’ajjinitta
BUT THOSE WHO ALWAYS FEED TWO THOUSAND STAINLESS MONKS WILL GAIN A VERY GREAT DEAL OF MERIT AND BECOME GREAT BEINGS IN THE HEAVEN OF FORMLESSNESS
ab = 36 ab = 43 ab
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Sināyaga corresponding to Sa. snătaka, Pa. nahātaka 'having washed off all evils' (Norman 1992: 57), cf. Sn 521:
ninhāyā sabba-pāpakāni ajjhattam bahi[d]dhā ca sabba-loke deva-manussesu kappiyesu kappam n'eti, tam āhu: "n[h]ātako” til?
For Jains the sināya, 'absolved' is identical with kevalin, 18 cf. T II 150b 11 snātakānām bodhisattva-kalpānām bhikṣūņām.
Duve s.: 2000 is a rare number in Buddhist sources: Th 1024 mentions 2000 dhammā (“teachings') which the monk Ananda obtained from other monks. At Pj I 133,8 four mahā-dīpā face 2000 minor islands, which may with PED (s.v. dvi AI b) just stand for a large number like the 4000 sāmānika gods in Rāy 15f. In this context Mbh 7, 87, 60c still speaks of a modest one thousand snātakas whom Sätyaki presented with gold niskas. Je bhoyae: Cu 429,9 states as an example his (?) Ananda who fed 2000 monks with their favourite meal of meat, molasses and pomegranates.19 The name Ananda may be a reminiscence of Gotama's congenite and long-standing personal attendant and the food offered consists only of dishes forbidden to Jain monks - the last item no doubt because of the many seeds. Niyae: perhaps we should read niyayam ~ Sa. nityam for one cannot take it as ~ Sa. niyato because of the plural je. Punna-khandham: cf. Pā mahā-puñña-kkhandha at SN V 400,17 also in a watery context (puññâbhisanda etc.) and eulogy of open-handednes towards the Sangha but without the snātaka-image. Āroppa: not in PSM. Pā. Āruppa 'the highest heaven of the Buddhists' (Jac.).
