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X, 16, 2.
ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUNÍS. -
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Now at that time food, which had been stored up for the Bhikkhus, had come into their possession.
They told this matter to the Blessed One. 'I allow food that has been stored up to be enjoyed by the Bhikkhunis after they have had it given over to them by the Bhikkhus.'
2. [The same repeated, reading Bhikkhunt for Bhikkhu, and vice versa.]
16.
1. Now at that time the Bhikkhus had come into the possession of some bedding, and the Bhikkhunis had none. The Bhikkhunis sent a messenger to the Bhikkhus, saying: 'It would be well if their reverences the Bhikkhus would give us some bedding on loan 1'
They told this matter to the Blessed One. 'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to give bedding to the Bhikkhunis on loan.
2. Now at that time Bhikkhunis, in their courses, sat down or lay down on stuffed bedsteads and chairs, and the stuffing was soiled with blood.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'A Bhikkhuni is not, O Bhikkhus, to sit down or lie down on a stuffed bedstead or chair. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka ta. I allow the use, O Bhikkhus, of an indoor's robe 2'
The indoor’s robe got soiled.
Tâvakâlikam. See the passages quoted in our note above on Kullavagga VI, 18.
? Âvasatha - kivaram. See the Old Commentary on this word as occurring in the 47th Bhikkhunî Pâkittiya.
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