SaṅghādisesakaṇḍaSaṅghādisessikkhābada

Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga (1) · Vol. 1 · Section 503

[503] **"By means of begging oneself" (saññācikā)** means: having himself begged for a man, or for one who does a man's labor, or an ox, or a cart, or an adze, or an axe, or a hatchet, or a hoe, or a chisel, … or grass, or clay. **"Hut" (kuṭī)** means: it is plastered within, or plastered without, or plastered both within and without. **"In causing to be built"** means: building it himself or causing it to be built. **"Having no owner" (assāmikaṃ)** means: there is no other owner — whether a woman or a man, a householder or one gone forth. **"Designated for himself" (attuddesaṃ)** means: for his own benefit. **"It is to be built according to measure."** Herein, this is the measure: **"in length, twelve spans of the Sugata-span (sugatavidatthi)"** — by the outside measurement; **"across, seven within"** — by the inside measurement.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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