{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/sbe20/sbe20101.htm","path":"bud/sbe20/sbe20101.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe20/sbe20101.htm","text":"1. Now at that time Bhikkhun\u00ees wore long girdles, and out of them they arranged fringes 2. The people murmured, were indignant, and complained, saying: 'As the women who are still enjoying the pleasures of the world do!'\n'A Bhikkhun\u00ee is not, O Bhikkhus, to wear a long girdle. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata. I allow a Bhikkhun\u00ee, O Bhikkhus, a girdle that will go once round the body 1, and fringes are not to be arranged in it. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'\nNow at that time Bhikkhun\u00ees arranged fringes in cloth of bamb\u00fb fibre 2, or in leather, or in white cotton cloth 3, or in plaited cotton cloth 4, or in fringed cotton cloth 5, or in white or, in plaited or in fringed kola cloth 6, or in plaits or fringes made of thread. The people murmured, were indignant, and complained, saying: 'As the women who are still enjoying the pleasures of the world do!'\nThey told this matter to the Blessed One.\n'A Bhikkhun\u00ee is not, O Bhikkhus, to wear any of these things. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'\n2. Now at that time Bhikkhun\u00ees had their backs scrubbed with the steak-bone of an ox, or slapped with the jaw-bone of an ox; and had their fore-arms 7,\nand the backs of their hands 1, and their calves 2, and the upper part of their feet 3, and their thighs, and their faces, and their gums, so slapped. The people murmured, were indignant, and complained, saying: 'As the women who are still enjoying the pleasures of the world do!'\n'A Bhikkhun\u00ee is not, O Bhikkhus, to [do any of these things]. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'\n3. Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhun\u00ees [&c., down to]\n' 4A Bhikkhun\u00ee is not, O Bhikkhus, to anoint her face, nor to rub ointments on to her face 5, nor to put chunam on to her face, nor to smear red arsenic on to her face, nor to paint her body, nor to paint her face, nor to paint her body and face. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'\n4. [Similar paragraph concluding,]\n'A Bhikkhun\u00ee is not, O Bhikkhus, to make (tattoo marks) by the corners of her eyes 6, or on her cheeks 7, nor to peep out of window 8, nor to stand in the\nlight (of a half-opened door) 1, nor to have dances performed, nor to keep courtesans, nor to keep a tavern, nor to keep a slaughter-house, nor to open a shop, nor, to practise usury, nor to supply men slaves or women slaves, or men servants or maid servants, or animals, nor to carry on the business of florist and seedsman 2, nor to carry the razor case 3.'\n[Similar paragraph concluding,]\n'A Bhikkhun\u00ee is not, O Bhikkhus, to wear robes that are all of a blue, light yellow, crimson, black, brownish-yellow, or dark yellow colour nor to wear robes with skirts to them which are not made of torn pieces of cloth, or are long, or have flowers worked on them, or cobras' hoods; nor to wear jackets, nor dresses made of the fibre of the Tir\u00eetaka plant 4. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'\n340:2 P\u00e2suke nament\u00eeti gihid\u00e2rik\u00e2yo viya ghanapattakena k\u00e2yabandhanena p\u00e2suke namanatth\u00e2ya bandhanti, says Buddhaghosa. P\u00e2suka is probably equal to the Sanskrit p\u00e2rsvaka, and means a fringe arranged round the body, as shown in Plate LI of Cunningham's 'Bharhut Tope,' being so called from the rib-like arrangement of the strings or cloth or other substance of which it was made. On corresponding girdles worn by men and forbidden to Bhikkhus, see Kullavagga V, 29, 2.\n341:1 Ekapariy\u00e2katan ti ekav\u00e2ram parikkhipanakam, says the Samanta P\u00e2s\u00e2dik\u00e2.\n341:2 Vilivena patten\u00e2ti (sic) sanheti veluvilvehi (sic) katapattena.\n341:3 Dussapatten\u00e2ti setavatthapattena.\n341:4 Dussaveniy\u00e2ti dussena kataveniy\u00e2.\n341:5 Dussavattiy\u00e2ti dussena katavattiy\u00e2.\n341:6 Kolapatt\u00e2disu kolak\u00e2v\u00e2sam kolan ti veditabbam.\n341:7 Hattham kott\u00e2pent\u00eeti aggam b\u00e2ham kott\u00e2petv\u00e2 morapatt\u00e2d\u00eehi kittakam karonti, says Buddhaghosa. The meaning is not clear. No. 10 of the tattoo marks figured on Plate LII of Cunningham's 'Bharhut Tope,' referred to in the note on the next section, is a representation of a peacock's feathers. On atthilla, see Buddhaghosa's note at p. 327 of the text. Compare the prohibition of the use by Bhikkhus of back-scratchers and other like things (Kullavagga V, 1, 1) connected with shampooing of luxurious bathing.\n342:1 Hattha-kokkhan ti pitthi-hattham.\n342:2 P\u00e2dan ti ga\u1e45gham.\n342:3 P\u00e2da-kokkhan ti pitthi-p\u00e2dam.\n342:4 This paragraph has already occurred above, V, 2, 5 of the Bhikkhus.\n342:5 These two injunctions are found also in the 90th and 91st Bhikkhun\u00ee P\u00e2kittiyas.\n342:6 Ava\u1e45gam karont\u00eeti ava\u1e45ga-dese adhomukham lekham karonti (B.). Ava\u1e45ga = Sanskrit ap\u00e2\u1e45ga.\n342:7 Visesakam karont\u00eeti ganda-padese vikitra-santh\u00e2nam visesakam karonti (B.). A number of tattoo marks on the cheeks are figured in Plate LII of Cunningham's 'Bharhut Tope.'\n342:8 Olokent\u00eeti v\u00e2tap\u00e2nam vivaritv\u00e2 v\u00eethim olokenti (B.).\n343:1 S\u00e2loke titthant\u00eeti dv\u00e2rom vivaritv\u00e2 upaddha-k\u00e2yam dassentiyo titthanti (B.). Compare Theri-g\u00e2th\u00e2 73.\n343:2 Har\u00eetaka-pannikam pakinant\u00eeti har\u00eetaka\u00f1 k\u2019 eva panni\u00f1 ka pakinanti, pakinnak\u00e2panam pas\u00e2rent\u00eeli vuttam hoti (B.). Compare pannika-up\u00e2sako in the G\u00e2taka I, 411 = II, 180.\n343:3 Namatakam dh\u00e2reti. See V, 27, 3, and our note above on V, 11, 1. The expression evidently means here 'to be a barber.'\n343:4 This paragraph has already occurred above, in respect to the Bhikkhus (Mah\u00e2vagga VIII, 29), where see our notes on the various items.","title":"SBE 20: Tenth Khandhaka: Chapter 10","type":"page"}