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Fifth Khandhaka. Chapter 27

27.

1.
Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu went on his round for alms with long finger-nails. A certain woman, seeing him, said to that Bhikkhu: 'Come along, Sir, and have connection with me.'

'Nay, Sister, that is not becoming.'

'If you do not, Sir, I will at once scratch 1 my limbs with my own nails, and will make as if I were angry, saying, "This Bhikkhu has ill-treated me."'

'Settle that with yourself, Sister.'

That woman did as she had said, and people running up seized that Bhikkhu. Then they saw skin and blood on the woman's nails; and on seeing that, they let the Bhikkhu go, saying, 'This is the

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work of the woman herself. The Bhikkhu has not done it.
'

Then that Bhikkhu, returning to the rma, told the matter to the Bhikkhus.

'What then, Sir, do you wear long nails?'

'It is even so, Sirs.'

The Bhikkhus who were moderate murmured ( and their fingers were hurt.

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, nail-cutters.'

They cut their nails down to the blood, and their fingers were hurt.

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to cut your nails according to the length of the flesh.'

Now at that time the "Kh"abbaggiya Bhikkhus had all the twenty nails (on their hands and feet) polished.

People murmured, &c., saying, 'Like those who still live in the pleasures of the world.'

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to have the twenty nails polished. I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to remove the dirt only.'

3. Now at that time the Bhikkhus' hair grew long.

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'Are the Bhikkhus able, O Bhikkhus, to remove one another's hair?'

'They are, Lord.'

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Then the Blessed One, on that occasion and in that connection, after he had delivered a religious discourse, addressed the Bhikkhus, and said:

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of razors, of a hone to sharpen the razors on, of powder prepared with Sip"t"ika-gum to prevent them rusting 1, of a sheath to hold them in 2, and of all the apparatus of a barber 3.'

4. Now at that time the "Kh"abbaggiya Bhikkhus wore (&c., as usual, down to)

'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to have your beards cut (by barbers) 4, nor to let them grow long, nor to wear them long on the chin like a goat's beard 5, nor so cut that they have four corners 6, nor to cut off the hair growing on your breast 7, nor to cut the hair on your bellies into figures 8, nor to wear whiskers 9, nor to remove the hair from your private parts 10. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka"t"a.'

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Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu had a fistula 1, and the ointment would not stick to it.

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, on account of disease, to remove the hair from the private parts.'

5. Now at that time the "Kh"abbaggiya Bhikkhus (&c., as before, down to)

'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to have your hair cut off with a knife 2. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka"t"a.'

Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu had a sore on his head, and the hair could not be removed with a razor.

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, on account of disease, to have your hair cut off with a knife.'

Now at that time the Bhikkhus wore the hair in their nostrils long.

People murmured, and their nostrils were hurt.

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They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of pincers 1.'

Now at that time the "Kh"abbaggiya Bhikkhus ( as before, ending with)

'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to have the white hairs pulled out (off your heads). Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka"t"a.'

6. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu's ears were stopped with the wax.

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of an instrument to remove the wax from the ear 2.'

[Then a paragraph as to the substances of which it may be made, word for word, as in Mahvagga Vi, 6, 21; 12, 3; \"K"ullavagga V, 5, 2; 29, 2, &c.]

Footnotes

136:1
On vilikhati, compare Vi, 20.

138:1
Khura-sip"t"ika"m". See the notes on V, 11, 2, and Buddhaghosa's note at p. 319 of the text.

138:2
Namataka"m". See above, V, 11, 1, and V, 19, 1.

138:3
Khura-bha"n"d"a"m". Compare Mahvagga Vi, 37.

138:4
Massu"m" kapppent ti kattariy massu"m kh"edpenti (B.). On Kattari (a knife), see "G"taka I, 223. It is clear from the first words of the next section that Buddhaghosa's explanation here is not quite accurate.

138:5
Go-lomikan ti hanukamhi dgha"m" katv "th"apita"m" e"l"akamassu"m" vu"k"k"ati (b.).

138:6
\"K"aturassan ti "k"atu-kona"m" (b.).

138:7
Parimukhan ti ure Loma-sa"m"hara"n"a"m" (b.).

138:8 A
\"d"dh"arka"m". See the various readings and Buddhaghosa's note at p. 319 of the text.

138:9 D
\"th"ika"m". It is the Sanskrit d"dh"ik or da"m"sh"t"rik; and occurs at "G"taka I, 305.

138:10
On the corresponding rule in the Bhikkhun-vibhaga, the 2nd P"k"ittiya, the Old Commentary has sambdho nma ubho upaka"k"kh"ak mutta-kara"n"a"m".

139:1
Compare Mahvagga Vi, 22, 2.

139:2
Kattarikay ti ga"n"d"a-rudhi-(sic MS.)-ssa-rog'-bdha-pa"k"-"k"ay va"t"t"ati, which is simply a repetition of the next paragraph, is all that Buddhaghosa here says. See note above on 4.

139:3
Pis"k"illik. So also V, 10, 2, of carrying a skull about; and Mahvagga Iii, 12, 3, of living in the hollow of a tree.

139:4
Sakkharik, said at Mahvagga Vi, 14, 5 to be used as a lancet.
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