Vinay Sutra And Auto Comentary On Same

Author(s): P V Bapat, V V Gokhale
Publisher: Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute

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guard the admission to a Jentāka and exclude intruders (S. 237). No permission is given to those who have no faith. Young attendants or companions shall do some job connected with such things as oil, tooth-sticks, water, rubbing with oil, dusting, cleansing etc. Service is to be done in this connection as declared in Sangraha-matṛkā (S. 245) after cleaning up these well-protected things from Jentāka and depositing them elsewhere. One should enter Jentäka-chamber with little sound, 22; should be alert, neat and knowing proper positions and movements, should avoid jostling for warming oneself, should hold noble silence and threefold respect and not enter upon actions disrespectfully with only one garment. All his actions should be done with (firm) faith in physical labour (S. 256). A lion should not wait upon a jackal ! Yet one should wait upon one's upadhyaya and acarya, though they do not satisfy the requirements of good conduct; so also on parents and the sick. One should, in illness, give them both, along with the mixture of requirements for their illness. They should be given full bath in an iron-tub. If necessary, a pillow may be given to rest the His feet should be washed (only) at the beginning of a water-drain and not anywhere else.
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Miscellaneous things (S. 271-336)
The author mentions things, connected with the life of a Bhiksu, such as a tortoise-shaped rough slab with potsherds for washing the feet, a begging-bowl made of one of the three different sizes to hold rice and other cerials. He recommends one of Magadha type and quotes one sloka which gives the measurements-"Eight Raktis make one māşaka; eight māsakas make one Tola; this Tola is also called Suvarna; eight Suvarnas make one Tala" (S. 288). The maximum that a Bhiksuņi requires is no more than the least measure of what a Bhiksu requires. A Bhiksu must have a seat of tinSee Jinā. p. 170: Atha khalu alpas abdehi alpanirghoşehi jentake snapayitavyam
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