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KULLAVAGGA.
XI, 1, 7.
free from attachment to the world, and his heart was emancipated from the Asavas (that is to say, from sensuality, individuality, delusion, and ignorance)?
7. And the venerable Maha Kassapa laid the resolution before the Samgha : 'If the time seem meet to the Samgha, I will question Upali concerning the Vinaya.' And the venerable Upali laid a resolution before the Samgha : 'Let the venerable Samgha hear me. If the time seems meet to the Samgha, I, when questioned by the venerable Maha Kassapa, will give reply.'
Then the venerable Maha Kassapa said to the venerable Upáli : Venerable Upâli, where was the first Pârâgika promulgated ?'
In Vesali, Sir. •Concerning whom was it spoken ?'
Concerning Sudinna, the son of Kalanda.' * In regard to what matter?'
Sexual intercourse.'
Thus did the venerable Maha Kassapa question the venerable Upali as to the matter, as to the occasion, as to the individual concerned, as to the (principal) rule, as to the sub-rule', as to who would be guilty, and as to who would be innocents, of the first Pârâgika.
1 In other words, he became an Arahat. Some MSS. omit the clause about the feet.
Anupaññatti. Turnour (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1837, p. 19) translates this word, which is not in Childers, by the sequel or application of the exhortation.' We think the paññatti refers to the principal rule (as laid down in the Sutta Vibhanga at the close of I, 5, II), and the anupaññatti to the additions made to it in the following sections.
: This last clause doubtless refers to the closing words in the account given in the Sutta Vibhanga of each rule.
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