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ghee. She reflected thus, and concealing that juicy gourdpreparation prepared another one from a sweet gourd, and served that ample food to the Brahmins who had bathed upto were seated on comfortable seats. Then those Brahmins having finished their meals, came (to the other apartment), washed and cleaned themselves, and becoming quite pure (or clean), became absorbed in their own duties. Then those three Brāhmaṇīs, having bathed upto bedecked, ate of that plenty of food, etc., and going to their respective residences were engaged in their duties. [14. 112] In those days, the venerable monk named Dharmaghosa... upto... with a large following went to the city of Campā, to the park Subhumi bhaga, and there (accepting) a proper (residence) stayed on. The congregation went out, the Law was preached, congregation returned. Then the disciple of that venerable monk Dharmaghos'a, the monk named Dharmaruci, noble... upto... possessed of great psychic force, lived observing monthly fasts. Then that monk Dharmaruci, on the day of the breaking of his monthly fast, during the first Pauruși, he did his lessons, during the second,... thus doing exactly as the monk Gautama did.... took (the alms-bowl), likewise asked the permission of the venerable Dharmaghosa,...upto...(visiting) the high, low, and the middling houses in the city of Campă ...upto... moving about...entered the house of the Brahmaņi Nāgas'ri, Then that Nagas'ri saw Dharmaruci coming (to her house), and in order to get rid of that juicy but bitter and sour gourd-preparation fried in plenty of ghee, she got up soddenly, went to the kitchen, and poured all that juicy, bitter and sour gourd-preparation fried in ghee, into the alms-bowl of that monk Dharmaruci. Then the monk Dharmaruci, thinking 'this is quite sufficient (for the day),"' went out of the house of the Brahmaņi Nagas'ri, went out of the city Campa, went to the park Subhumibhaga, went to the venerable Dharmaghosa, inspected the food and drink, (and standing) neither too far from nor too near Dharmaghos'a, and showed him the food and drink from the palm of his hand. Then the venerable monk Dharmaghos'a, being
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