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need not be repeated here again. Not only that but even the 'utkrsta',
jaghanya' and the 'madhyama' number of requisites in the case of both of these modes of monastic life are identical in both these texts.
It may, however, be noted that the former text describes a number of other requisites which were used by the Jaina monks at that time.
Duplicates in the Rainy Season:
The monks had to stay at one place in the rainy season when it was difficult to procure requisites in case the older ones got out of use. For instance, the broom generally got wet owing to the monk's stay in the potter's house, and it was, therefore, difficult to use the wet ends of the broom. If the monk used wet broom then there was a likelihood of killing living beings with it.
So also in the case of the 'Colapatta' the same thing happened. Putting on a wet colapatta led to indigestion and fever, and there was, therefore, a strong need for the monk to have duplicates in the rainy season.163
Hence, the following articles were used by the monks in rainy season: 164
Dagala--A piece of stone or of brick (to clean the anus ?); Kūdamuha-A pot to deposit the medicines for, of the excreta of, the
ill;
Mattagatiga—Three pots for excreta, urine and cough; Leva-Coating for the pot; Pāyalehaniyā-A wooden apparatus to take out mud from the feet;
Santhāra-Bedding for sleeping as well as for protection to living beings;
Pīdha--A stool; Phalaga-A plank to sleep over; Duguna nijjogo Double the number of pots normally used.
Besides this provision for the rainy season, the following articles are mentioned as forming the requisites of monks during the tour: 165
(1) Talika -Shoes bound to the feet both at day and at night to save the feet from thorns,
163. Ibid. 4249-62. 164. Ibid. 4263-77. 165. Ibid. Vol. III, 2882ff.
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