1. Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus separated themselves from the mats on which they sat down for four months 5.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to separate yourselves for four months from the mats on which you sit
115:5 Compare the 2nd Nissaggiya.
116:1 Kavâte pañkaṅgulikam dâtum, on which Buddhaghosa has no note. This measure occurs in Gâtaka I, 166, 192; Fausböll's 'Five Gâtakas' 6; and Mahâvamsa, p. 193.