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Fifth Khandhaka. Chapter 37

37.

1.
Now at the time when the venerable Kassapa of Uruve"l"a went forth (from the world), much property in brass and wood and earthenware came into the possession of the Sa"m"gha 2. And the

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[paragraph continues] Bhikkhus thought, 'What kinds of brass ware--of wooden things--of earthenware 1--has the Blessed One allowed, and what kinds has he not allowed?'

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

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

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, all kinds of brass ware, except weapons 2--all kinds of wooden things, except divans 3, and long-armed chairs 3, and bowls 4, and shoes 5,--and all kinds of earthenware, except katakas 6, and large earthen vessels to be used as huts to live in 7.'

Here ends the Fifth Khandhaka, on minor details.

Footnotes

155:2
See Mahvagga I, 20, 19-21.

156:1
See "K"ullavagga Viii, 3, I.

156:2
Pahara"n"attha"m" kata"m" pahara"n" ti vu"k"k"ati. Yassa kassa "k"i vudha-sa"m"ghtass' eta"m" adhiva"k"ana"m" (b.).

156:3
See Mahvagga V, 10, 4, 5.

156:4
See "K"ullavagga V, 8, 2.

156:5
See Mahvagga V, 6, 4.

156:6
On this word see our note above at V, 22, I.

156:7
This is the only one of the things here mentioned not referred to in previous rules. Buddhaghosa says, Kumbha-krik ti Dhaniyass' eva sabba-mattikmaya-ku"t"i vu"k"k"ati. The story of Dhaniya is given in the text of the Vinaya, vol. iii, pp. 42 and following.
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