[197] Rubbing against a tree, against a post, and against a wall; [bathing] in an improper place (aṭṭhāna); with the scented string [of paste];
rubbing body against body; the back-scratcher (mallaka); scabies; old age; and [rubbing the back] with the flat of the hand;
ear-pendants and the neck-chain; a necklace-string one should not wear;
the girdle-ornament, the bangle, the armlet, the wrist-ornament, finger-rings;
long [hair]; the brush; the comb; [smoothing] with the hand; beeswax and oil-with-water;
the mirror and the water-bowl [for viewing the face]; the sore [on the face]; smearing; rubbing and powdering;
they paint marks; and coloring the limbs, coloring the face, and both together;
eye-disease; the mountain-top festival; drawn-out [chanting]; the intonation (sarabhañña); [fleece worn] outside;
mango — by slices and pieces; the snake; he cut [his member] off; and the sandalwood [bowl];
bowls of various kinds; the bowl-rests; golden ones; too thick; incised lines;
the ornate one; [the bowl] goes musty; foul-smelling; they cracked in the heat; on the ledge;
the plastered edging; grass; a cloth; the stand and the wicker pot;
the bag, the shoulder-strap, and likewise the binding-cords;
the peg; on the bed and on the chair; on the lap; on the sunshade; pushing open [the door, bowl in hand];
the gourd, the water-jar, the skull; scraps — [the bowl as] receptacle;
the cutting [of the robe]; the [knife-]handle; the golden one; feathers (patta) and quills (pesi) [for sewing]; and the [needle-]tube;
ferment-flour and the powder-stone (saritaka); beeswax and the wax-cloth;
the uneven corner; he tied [the frame]; unevenness; on the bare ground; [the edge] worn out and not sufficing;
the marking-piece (kaḷimba) and the false thread; unwashed and wet [feet]; sandals [on the frame];
[receiving the needle] on the finger; the thimble; and the workroom casket;
the thimble-bag, and the shoulder-cord and the ties;
[sewing] in the open; the low site; the raised facing — and they were wearied;
[grass-]powder falling down; plastered within and smeared without;
white and black coloring, and the finishing with yellow ochre (geruka);
garland-work, creeper-work, makara-teeth, the strip-design;
the robe-rail and the cord — the Leader allowed.
And they depart abandoning [it]; the kathina-frame breaks apart;
it comes unrolled; [rolled up] against a wall; they go taking [needle and knife] in the bowl;
the bag, the binding-thread; and having tied sandals [with the waistband];
the sandal-bag, and the shoulder-strap and cord;
water unallowable on the road; the straining-cloth;
the water-filter (dhammakaraka); the two bhikkhus; the Sage went to Vesālī;
there he allowed the strainer on a frame and the spreading [strainer].
[Tormented] by mosquitoes; through fine [food] many ailments — and Jīvaka;
the walking-path and the fire-hall (jantāghara); on uneven ground; the low site;
the three facings; they were wearied; the stair, the hand-hold, the railing;
in the open; grass-powder; plastered within and smeared without;
white and black coloring, and the finishing with yellow ochre;
garland-work, creeper-work, makara-teeth, the strip-design;
the rail and the robe-cord; one may make the site high;
the facing, and the stair and banister; the door-panel, the door-frame;
the socket and the upper hinge-hole; the ring and the "monkey's head";
the bolt, the pin, the keyhole; the pulling-hole and the cord;
the [low wall-]round and the smoke-vent; and [the fireplace] in the middle; the face-clay;
the trough; and it smells foul; it scorches; the water-vessel and the saucer-scoop;
and it raises no sweat; the mud; he washed; one should make a drain;
and a stool; the work at the porch; gravels; the stone [paving] and the drain;
naked [they worshipped]; on the ground; while it rained; the three coverings there;
the well; and it caves in; with a creeper and with waistbands [they drew water];
the well-sweep, the hand-wheel, the pulley-wheel; many vessels break;
the bucket of metal, of wood, and of strips of hide; the hall; grass, and the lids;
the trough; the slime-pool; the walls; the mud, and by a drain;
chilled [bodies]; the lotus-pond; and the old [water]; the eaved [fire-hall];
the four months; and they lay down [on flower-strewn couches]; scents and flowers one should not determine [i.e. receive only fittingly];
the tray (āsittaka) and the stand (maḷorikā); eating from one [vessel], they lay down together;
Vaḍḍha; and Bodhi; and the treading [on the cloth]; the water-pot, the foot-scrubber (kataka), the broom;
pebbles and potsherds, and the pumice foot-rubber;
the fan, the palm-leaf fan; the mosquito[-whisk] and the yak-tail;
the sunshade; and without [it]; and in the monastery — the three [cases]; the agreement concerning the sling (sikkā);
the cud-chewing; scattered rice-grains; long nails; cutting; sore fingers;
[cutting] to the blood; and the measure; the twenty [nails]; the wearing of long hair;
the razor, the whetstone, the razor-sheath, the felt, the razor-kit;
they trim the beard, they let it grow; the goatee; the squared [beard];
the shaped [chest-hair] and the belly-line; the fang[-whiskers]; removing [hair] from the private parts;
ailments [as exception]; the scissors; the sore; long [nose-hair]; and with a pebble-pinch;
the gray hair; the blocked [ear]; the extraction; metal goods, together with the ointment-stick;
sitting with clasped knees; the [knee-]binding; the woven [band] and the waistband;
the many-stranded, the water-snake[-head], the drum[-twist], the chain-work;
the flat band and the boar's-tusk [band]; the fringes; the drum-twist and braid [edging];
the inner [hem] and the loop-work; the loop-end too wears out;
the block-button; and the various sorts; and sinking [button and loop] in a plate at the edge;
householder's dress: the [elephant-]trunk, the fish-tail, the four-cornered [drape];
the palm-stalk [drape], the hundred pleats; draping [the robe] as householders drape;
the tucked-up loincloth; the double[-laden] carrying-pole; the striking with the tooth-wood;
stuck in the throat; and the forest-fire; the counter-fire; by tree and elephant;
Sanskrit (sakkaṭa); the lokāyata — they mastered it, they had it taught;
the base arts (tiracchāna-vijjā); he sneezed; the "blessing"; and he ate [garlic];
the wind-ailment; and it becomes foul; the foul smell; discomfort — the footrests;
they are ashamed; the uncovered [pots] foul-smelling; and they relieve themselves here and there;
the foul smell; the pit caves in; the high foundation with facing;
the stair and the hand-rail; on the edge — and discomfort; the footrests;
[urinating] outside; the trough; and the [wiping-]sticks; the basket, and [the pit] uncovered;
the privy; the door-panel and the very door-frame;
the socket and upper hinge-hole; the ring and the monkey's head;
the bolt, the pin, the keyhole; and the very pulling-hole;
the cord; plastered within and without; white coloring and black;
garland-work, creeper-work; the makara, the five-strip design;
the robe-rail and the cord; the aged and feeble [bhikkhu]; the enclosure;
and at the porch likewise; gravel, paving-planks, stone slabs;
[water] stands — the drain; and the pot together with the saucer-scoop;
discomfort; shame; the lid; and they practised misconduct.
He allowed metal goods, setting aside weapons.
Setting aside the long couch and the divan, the wooden bowl and the wooden shoe, the Great Sage allowed every article made of wood.
Setting aside the [clay] foot-scrubber and the all-clay [hut] of the potter's craft, the Tathāgata, the compassionate one, allowed every article of clay as well.
Whatever item's exposition accords with what went before, that too is abridged in this summary; one should know it by the method.
Thus a hundred and ten (dasasatā) items are in the Minor Matters of the Vinaya, making the true Dhamma endure and supporting the well-behaved.
The well-trained bearer of the Vinaya, benevolent in mind, thoroughly virtuous, a maker of light, wise, worthy of veneration, learned.
The Khandhaka on Minor Matters (Khuddakavatthukkhandhaka) is concluded.
THE KHANDHAKA ON LODGINGS (Senāsanakkhandhaka)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.