Rājasikkhāpada

Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga (2) · Vol. 2 · Section 79

[79] **"Whatever (yo pana)"** means: whoever, of whatever sort … **"Bhikkhu"** means: … this is the bhikkhu intended in this sense here. **"Black" (kāḷaka):** there are two kinds of black — black by nature (jātiyā kāḷakaṃ) or black by dyeing (rajanakāḷakaṃ). **"Felt rug" (santhata):** it is made by spreading out [the wool]; it is not woven. **"Should have made" (kārāpeyya):** he makes it himself or has it made — in the effort there is an offence of wrongdoing (dukkaṭa); on obtaining it, it becomes subject to forfeiture (nissaggiya): it must be forfeited to the Saṅgha, or to a group (gaṇa), or to an individual. "And thus, bhikkhus, should it be forfeited: … 'Venerable sir, this felt rug of purely black sheep's wool, which I had made, is to be forfeited; I forfeit it to the Saṅgha.' … 'should give' … 'should give' … 'I give this to the venerable one.'"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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