1. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhun, when on her death-bed, said: 'After I am gone, let my set of necessaries 5 belong to the Sa"m"gha.' Then the
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[paragraph continues] Bhikkhus and the Bhikkhuns disputed as to it,' saying: 'It belongs to us; it belongs to us.'
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'If, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhun, or a novice under training to become one (a Sikkhamn), when on her death-bed, should say: "After I am gone, let my set of necessaries belong to the Sa"m"gha," then it is the Bhikkhun-sa"m"gha it belongs to; the Bhikkhu-sa"m"gha is not the owner ther. If a Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, or a novice under training to become one (a Sma"n"era), when on his death-bed, should say: "After I am gone, let my set of necessaries become the property of the Sa"m"gha," then it is the Bhikkhu-sa"m"gha it belongs to; the Bhikkhun-sa"m"gha is not the owner ther 1'
Footnotes
343:5 Parikkhro; that is, the eight things over which a member p. 344 of the Buddhist Order was allowed proprietary rights--the three robes, the alms-bowl, razor, needle, girdle, and water-strainer.
344:1 By the rule laid down in the Mahvagga Viii, 27, the set of robes and the bowl are to be assigned by the Sa"m"gha to those that waited on the sick--at least in the case of Bhikkhus,--and the analogy would doubtless hold good of the Bhikkhuns also.