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VIII,7,2. REGULATIONS AS TO DUTIES OF BHIKKHUS. 295
the dust out in the open space to windward of them, and covered the Bhikkhus (who were at work) with dust.
The moderate Bhikkhus murmured, &c. .... told the Blessed One, &c. . . . . and he said to the Bhikkhus:
Therefore, O Bhikkhus, do I establish a rule of conduct for the Bhikkhus in respect of lodgingplaces, according to which they are to behave themselves in respect thereof.
2. 'In whatever Vihâra he is staying, if that Vihara is dirty, he should, if he can, make it clean. When cleaning the Vihâra, he should first take out his bowl and his robe and the mat used for sitting upon, and the bolster and pillows, and put them down on one side. Taking the bed-frame down (from its stand), he should carry it out [and so on as in VIII, 1, 2, down to the end]
'He should not beat the bedding to get the dust out close to the Bhikkhus, or to the Vihara, or to the drinking-water, or to the water for washing, or in the open space in front of the Vihâra) to windward of it or the Bhikkhus, but to leeward.
1 Angana. This is not courtyard,' as Childers renders it, but a part of the Arâma, immediately in front of the hut or Vihara, which is kept as an open space, and daily swept. The Sinhalese name for it is midula; there those who sleep in the hut spend the greater part of the day, and not even grass is allowed to grow upon it. The term is a very common one, and its meaning is not doubtful. Compare the Gâtaka book, I, 124, 151, 421; II, 249, 250, 345. Ekanganam bhavati, at ibid. I, 53, 12, is to become one open space, as ekanganam karoti at II, 357, is to clear a forest, and turn it into an open space.
• The order is slightly different, but all the details are the same. The only addition is that in speaking of taking out the floor coverings, he is directed to notice where they lay.
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