At that time the Bhikkhus appointed to lay the robes by, laid the robes by in an open hall, or at the foot of a tree, or in the hollow of a Nimba tree 1; thus they were eaten by rats and white ants.
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you appoint what the Sa"m"gha chooses, a Vihra, or an A"d"dh"ayoga 2, or a storied building, or an attic, or a cave, to be the store-room 3 (of the Sa"m"gha).
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'And you ought, O Bhikkhus, to appoint it in this way: Let a learned, competent Bhikkhu proclaim the following "atti before the Sa"m"gha: "Let the Sa"m"gha, reverend Sirs, hear me. If the Sa"m"gha is ready, let the Sa"m"gha appoint the Vihra called N. N, to be the store-room (of the Sa"m"gha), (&c., the usual formula of a "aattidutiya kamma)."'
Footnotes
201:1 Compare Iii, 12, 5.
201:2 Compare I, 30, 4.
201:3 The word bha"n"d"gra does not imply any special reference to robes more than to any other articles belonging to the Sa"m"gha. A good many things which were usually kept in the bha"n"d"gra are mentioned at "K"ullav. Vi, 21, 3.