Book Title: Studies in Buddhist and Jaina Monachism
Author(s): Nand Kishor Prasad
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur
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STUDIES IN BUDDHIST AND JAINA MONACHISM
the legal heir to all his or her belongings. It was not to be transferred in any case from the Bhikkhusangha to the Bhikkhunīsangha or vice ver sa.1 But the persons who attended him or her (i. e. the deceased monk or nun or samanera or samaneri) during his or her last sickness
neglected. In such cases, robes and bowl were to fall in their share and the trifles were to be distributed to the members of the Sangha present there, and the heavy articles belonged to the Sangha of the four quarters."
After the conversion of a heretic into the Buddhist Order, his properties vested in the Sangha. The case of Uruvela Kassapa may be taken as an instance in points
1. CV, 10. 7. 18, p. 388. 2. MV, 8. 23. 42-43, pp. 318-19. 3. CV, 5. 18. 52, p. 233.
