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KULLAVAGGA.
XII, 1, 10.
beyond the right time, provided only that the shadow has not yet turned two inches ?'
No, Sir, it is not allowable. • Is the village-trip-license, Lord, allowable?'
What, Sir, is this village-trip-license?' 'Is it allowable, Lord, for one who has once finished his meal, and refused any more, to eat food which has not been left over, on the ground that he is about to proceed into the village ?'
*No, Sir, it is not allowable.' * Is the circuit-license, Lord, allowable ?' • What, Sir, is this circuit-license ?'
Is it allowable, Lord, for a number of Bhikkhus who dwell within the same circuit, within the same boundary, to hold separate Uposathas ?'
No, Sir, it is not allowable.' 'Is the indemnity-license, Lord, allowable ?'
What, Sir, is this indemnity-license ?' 'Is it allowable, Lord, for a Samgha, which is not legally constituted", to perform an official act on the ground that they will afterwards obtain the sanction of such Bhikkhus who may subsequently arrive?'
No, Sir, it is not allowable. 'Is the precedent-license, Lord, allowable?' • What, Sir, is this precedent-license ?'
Is it allowable, Lord, to do a thing on the ground that, “ My preceptor (upagghầya) has practised this; or my teacher (åkariya) has practised that ?"
'In some cases, Sir, this is allowable, and in some not?'
* Vaggena. See our note on the 21st Pâkittiya, and Kullavagga V, 2, 1.
That is, of course, according as the thing enjoined is, or is not,
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