Dubbalasikkhāpada

Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga (2) · Vol. 2 · Section 769

[769] "Itch-covering cloth (kaṇḍupaṭicchādī)" means: for one who has an affliction below the navel and above the circle of the knees — an itch (kaṇḍu), or pustules (piḷakā), or a running discharge (assāva), or thick-scab disease (thullakacchā)¹ — [a cloth] for the purpose of covering that. "Having it made" means: making it himself or causing it to be made. It is to be made according to the [proper] measure. Herein this is the measure: in length, four spans of the Sugata-span (sugatavidatthi); across, two spans. If he makes it or has it made exceeding that [measure], in the effort there is an offense of wrong-doing (dukkaṭa); upon obtaining it, having cut it down, the pācittiya offense should be confessed. ¹ Variant readings: 1. Burmese ed.: kañḍupaṭicchādi; so also below. 2. Burmese ed.: thullakacchu.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.