SBE 17: Eighth Khandhaka: Chapter 2

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At that time the king of Kâsi 2 sent to Gîvaka Komârabhakka a woollen garment made half of Benares cloth . . .  3. Then Gîvaka Komârabhakka

1 has been sent to me by the king of Kâsi. May the Blessed One, Lord, accept this woollen garment, which may be to me a long time for a good and a blessing.' The Blessed One accepted that woollen garment.

And the Blessed One taught (&c., as in chap. I, 34, down to:) and went away.

And the Blessed One, after having delivered a religious discourse in consequence of that, thus addressed the Bhikkhus:

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to use woollen garments.'

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Footnotes

195:2 Buddhaghosa: 'This king was Pasenadi's brother, the same father's son.' He appears to have been a sub-king of Pasenadi, for in the Lohikka-sutta it is stated that Pasenadi's rule extended both over Kâsi and Kosala ('Râgâ Pasenadi Kosalo Kâsikosalam agghâvasati').

195:3 Our translation of addhakâsikam kambalam is merely 196:1 See last note.