Chapter 24

24.

1. Now at that time a certain lay disciple had given to the Bhikkhunî-samgha a servant's lodge ² (to live in).

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'I allow, O Bhikkhus, the use of a stable.'

It did not satisfy (their wants) ³. They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'I allow, O Bhikkhus, a separate residence for Bhikkhunîs.'

That did not satisfy their wants. They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'I allow, O Bhikkhus, building operations ⁴ (to be carried on for the benefit of Bhikkhunîs).'

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That did not satisfy their wants. They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'I allow Bhikkhunîs, O Bhikkhus, to assign certain places to live in to individual members of the Order ¹.'

Footnotes

363:2 This word has already occurred, in a list of various buildings, at Mahâvagga III, 5, 9, where we have rendered it stable. Buddhaghosa says here uddositan (MS. udosita) ti bhanda-sâlâ, and as at Mahâvagga I, 61, assa-bhandâ and hatthi-bhandâ are evidently grooms attending on horses or elephants (compare Gâtaka I, 62, 3), bhanda-sâlâ may mean a servant's hall for the use of that particular class of servants. A lawsuit about an uddosita forms the Introductory Story to the 1st Bhikkhunî Samghâdisesa, but the passage throws no light on the special meaning of the term. See also the Sutta-vibhaṅga on Nissaggiya II, 3, 5, and Khudda Sikkhâ III, 19. The Sanskrit equivalent might perhaps be udavasita, if the reading of the Samanta Pâsâdikâ had any traditional value; but the dd is not doubtful in the MSS. of the text at any of the passages quoted. Assa-sâlâ is the word for stable at Gâtaka I, 62, 3.

363:3 Na sammati. See the note on V, 13, 3.

363:4 Navakammam. See the note above at V, 13, 3.

364:1 Puggalikam kâtum. See the note above on X, 15, 1.