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VIII, 1,5. REGULATIONS AS TO DUTIES OF BHIKKHUS. 279
mats used as seats, should be aired in the sun, cleaned, beaten to get the dust out, taken back, and put in the place to which they belonged. The spittoon, and the board for leaning up against, should be put in the sun, dusted, taken back, and put in the place to which they belonged.
15..(Then the incoming Bhikkhu) should put away his bowl and his robe. In putting away his bowl, he should hold it in one hand while he feels under the bed or the chair with the other, and then put it away; and he should not put it on a part of the floor which has been left bare. In putting away his robe, he should hold it in one hand while he feels along the bamboo or the rope used for hanging robes on with the other; and then hang it up with the border turned away from him, and the fold turned towards him.
2. If the winds, bearing dust with them, blow from the East, West, North, or South, the window spacest on the side in question should be closed up (with shutters or lattices). If it is cold weather, the lattices should be opened by day, and closed by
and VI, 11, 3). Sayana, in VI, 8, is a generic term including bed, couch, sofa, and divan, but probably with special reference to these three latter things used in the day-time.
1 The following paragraph occurs, word for word, at Mahavagga I, 25, 11, and below, VIII, 7, 2. ? The following paragraph is the same as Mahavagga I, 25, 18.
Saragâ vâtå. These are the well-known hot winds like the sand-bearing simoom that blows from North Africa over Italy), against which modern residents endeavour to protect themselves by the use of tats.'
• There were, of course, no windows in our modern sense, but only spaces left in the wall to admit light and air, and covered by lattices of three kinds allowed by VI, 2, 2.
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