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VINAYA TEXTS
TRANSLATED FROM THE PÂLI BY
T.W. RHYS DAVIDS AND HERMANN OLDENBERG
Part II
THE MAHÂVAGGA, V-X, AND THE
KULLAVAGGA,
I-III
Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 17
[1882]
CONTENTS.
PAGE
THE MAHÂVAGGA
Fifth Khandhaka (Rules for Foot-clothing, Seats,
Vehicles, etc.
Sixth Khandhaka (On Medicaments)
Seventh Khandhaka (The Kathina Ceremonies)
Eighth Khandhaka (The Dress of the Bhikkhus)
Ninth Khandhaka (Validity and Invalidity of Formal
Acts of the Samgha)
Tenth Khandhaka (Schisms among the Samgha)
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1
41
146
171
256
285
327
THE
KULLAVAGGA
First Khandhaka (The Minor Disciplinary Proceedings)
Second Khandhaka (Probation and Penance
Third Khandhaka (Probation and Penance)
Note on Abhihatthum
Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the
Translations of the Sacred Books of the East
329
384
397
440
PÂTIMOKKHA
MAHÂVAGGA.
FIFTH KHANDHAKA.
(RULES FOR FOOT-CLOTHING, SEATS, VEHICLES, ETC.)
1.
1. At that time the blessed Buddha dwelt at Râgagaha at the Vulture's Peak.
Now at that time Seniya Bimbisâra, the king of Magadha, held rule and sovranty over eighty
thousand townships
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. And at that time there was at
Kampâ
a Setthi's son named Sona Kolivisa
2
,
delicately nurtured, on the soles of whose feet hair had grown.
Now when Seniya Bimbisâra, the king of Magadha, was holding an assembly of the eighty
thousand overseers over those townships, he sent a message to Sona Kolivisa on some matter of
business, saying, 'Let Sona come hither. I desire Sona's presence!'
2. Then spake the parents of Sona Kolivisa to him thus: 'The king, dear Sona, wishes to see thy
feet. But stretch not out thy feet, dear Sona, towards the
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king. Take thy seat cross-legged before the king, that the king may see thy feet as thou sittest
there.' And they carried Sona Kolivisa in a palankeen (to Râgagaha).
And Sona Kolivisa went to the place where Seniya Bimbisâra, the king of Magadha, was. And
when he had come there, and had bowed down before Seniya Bimbisâra, the king of Magadha,
he took his seat cross-legged before the king. And Seniya Bimbisâra, the king of Magadha, saw
that hair had grown on the soles of the feet of Sona Kolivisa.
3. Now after Seniya Bimbisâra, the king of Magadha, had instructed the eighty thousand
overseers over those townships in the things of this world he exhorted them, saying, 'Ye have
now received from me instruction in the things of this world. Go now, and wait upon the Blessed
One. The Blessed One himself shall instruct you in the things of eternity.'
Then the eighty thousand overseers over those townships went on to the Vulture's Peak.
4. Now at that time the venerable Sâgata was the attendant on the Blessed One. And the eighty
thousand overseers over those townships went to the place where the venerable Sâgata was. And
when they were come there they spake thus to the venerable Sâgata:
The eighty thousand overseers over the townships are come here, Sir, to visit the Blessed One. It
were well, Sir, that we should be granted an audience of the Blessed One.'
Then do you, Sirs, stay here yet a moment, while I let the Blessed One know.'
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5. Then the venerable Sâgata disappeared down the steps
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from before the very eyes of the
eighty thousand overseers over those townships, and appeared before the Blessed One, and spake
to the Blessed One, and said:
'Lord, the eighty thousand overseers over the townships are come here to visit the Blessed One.
Let the Blessed One do as seemeth to him fit.'
Do thou then, Sâgata, make a seat ready in the shade of the house
2
.'
6. 'Even so, Lord!' said the venerable Sâgata, in assent, to the Blessed One. And taking a chair,
he disappeared from before the Blessed One, and reappeared up the steps before the very eyes of
those eighty thousand overseers over those townships, and made ready a seat in the shade of the
house.
And the Blessed One came out of the house and sat down on the seat made ready in the shade
thereof.
7. Then those eighty thousand overseers over the townships went up to the place where the
Blessed One was. And when they had come there they bowed down before the Blessed One and
took their seats on one side. But those eighty thousand overseers over the townships paid more
respect in their hearts to the venerable Sâgata than to the Blessed One
3
.
And the Blessed One perceived by his mind the thoughts of the minds of those eighty thousand
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.
overseers over the townships; and he addressed the venerable Sâgata, and said: 'Show them now,
Sâgata, a still greater wonder, beyond the power of men.'
'Even so, Lord!' said the venerable Sâgata, in assent, to the Blessed One. And rising up into the
air he walked, and stood, and sat, and lay down, and gave forth smoke and fire, and disappeared
in the sky.
8. Then the venerable Sâgata, when he had shown in the open sky wonders of various kinds
beyond the power of men, fell down with his head at the feet of the Blessed One, and said to the
Blessed One:
My teacher, Lord, is the Blessed One; and I am the disciple. My teacher, Lord, is the Blessed
One; and I am the disciple.'
Then those eighty thousand overseers over the townships thinking, 'Wonderful is it, most
marvellous! If even the pupil be so mighty and so powerful, how much more then the master!'
paid more respect in their hearts to the Blessed One than to the venerable Sâgata.
9. Then the Blessed One perceived by his mind the thoughts of the minds of those eighty
thousand overseers over the townships, and held to them a discourse in due order; that is to say,
he spake to them of giving, of righteousness, of heaven, of the danger, the worthlessness, the
depravity of lusts, and of the advantages of renunciation. And when the Blessed One perceived
that they had become pliant, softened, unprejudiced, upraised and believing in heart, then he
proclaimed that which is the special doctrine of the Buddhas; (that is to say), Suffering, its
Origin, its Cessation, and the Path.
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Just as a clean cloth, from which all stain has been washed away, would readily take the dye, just
even so did those eighty thousand overseers over the townships obtain, even while sitting there,
the pure and spotless Eye of the Truth; (that is to say, the knowledge that) whatsoever has a
beginning, in that is inherent also the necessity of dissolution.
10. And having seen the Truth, having mastered the Truth, having understood the Truth, having
penetrated the Truth, having overcome uncertainty, having dispelled all doubts, having gained
full knowledge, dependent on nobody else for the knowledge of the doctrine of the Teacher, they
said to the Blessed One: 'Glorious, Lord! glorious, Lord! Just as if one should set up, Lord, what
had been overturned, or should reveal what had been hidden, or should point out the way to one
who had lost his way, or should bring a lamp into the darkness, in order that those who had eyes
might see visible things, thus has the Blessed One preached the doctrine in many ways. We take
our refuge, Lord, in the Blessed One, and in the Dhamma, and in the fraternity of Bhikkhus; may
the Blessed One receive us from this day forth while our life lasts as his disciples who have taken
their refuge in Him.'
11. And Sona Kolivisa thought: As I understand the Dhamma proclaimed by the Blessed One, it
is not easy to a person living as a layman to lead a wholly perfect and pure and altogether
consummate
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life of holiness. What if I were to cut off my hair and beard, and to put on yellow
robes, and give up the world, and go forth into the houseless state.'
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And those eighty thousand overseers over the townships, having expressed their joy and delight
at the words of the Blessed One, rose from their seats, respectfully saluted the Blessed One, and
passing round him with their right sides towards him, went away.
12. And Sona Kolivisa, soon after those eighty thousand overseers over the townships had
departed, went to the place where the Blessed One was. And when he had come there he bowed
down before the Blessed One and took his seat on one side. Sitting on one side Sona Kolivisa

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