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DASAVEĀLIYA SUTTA
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ing up or sitting down for giving alms, the food becomes unacceptable.
St. 42-43. The refusal of food from a woman who gets up to give alms putting aside her sucking child which begins to cry is quite consonant with the rules given above. The commentator refers to a practice traditionally obtaining among monks in this connection: A monk, moving in & group or 79, is less strict than one who moves alone. The former accepts the alms provided the child removed from the lap does not cry, while the latter does not accept the alms although the child does not cry.
St. 45-46 The stanzas refer to food kept in a pot covered by a pitcher, or a slab of stone, or a plank, as also in a pot soldered with lac and the like. If the cover is removed for the purpose of giving food to the monk, the food becomes unacceptable.
St. 47-54. The four kinds of edible articles given here are frequently mentioned in the Sūtra Literture. 3TRTA refers to ordinary eatable articles like bread etc. 977747 refers to drinks. Ich refers to special delicious articles, while Faigh refers to articles of taste. Such articles are unacceptable if it be known that they are prepared for. gifting away, or for merit, or for mendicants or for monks
St. 55 BEAST ( Sk. BiTETETT ) perpared purposely for the monk. 37T5 ( Sk. Alaea) purchased; prepared after pur. chasing (the article) for a monk. 5 FH (Sk. grata) polluted by falt of motor, quare etc. 37TES (Sk. 37 ) brought purposely from a distance by the householder. अज्झोयर (Sk. अध्यवपूरक ) Supplemented for the sake of the monk by mixing water or milk, पामिच्च ( Sk. प्रामित्य ) brought on credit for the monk. मीसजाय (Sk. मिश्रजात) mixed with other impure articles. All such articles are unacceptable.
