________________
V, 18, 1. ON THE DAILY LIFE OF THE BHIKKHUS.
115
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to line the tank with facing of three kinds—brick facing, stone facing, and wooden facing.'
They found difficulty' in getting into it.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, Aights of stairs of three kinds—brick steps, stone steps, and wooden steps.'
While going up them, they fell down. 'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, a balustrade.' The water in the tank became stale.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of pipes to lay on the water, and to drain the water off,
Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu was desirous of erecting a bath-room with a nillekha + roof for the use of the Samgha.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, a bath-room with such a roof to it.'
18. I. Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus · separated themselves from the mats on which they sat down for four months.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
You are not, O Bhikkhus, to separate yourselves for four months from the mats on which you sit
| Vihaññanti. See V, 11, 6.
• Udakâyatikan ti udakassa âgamana-mattikam (B.). Compare âyataka at IX, 1, 3.
• See above our note on V, 14, 3.
• Nillekha-gantâgharam nama áviddha-pakkha-påsakam vukkati. Gopānasînam upari-mandale pakkha-pasake thapetva kata-kûta-kkhadanass' etam nâmam (B.). Compare the 2nd Nissaggiya.
I 2
Digitized by
Digilzed by Google
