View the original site, visit archive.sacred-texts.com
Chapter 7
Sign in Sign up
Chapter 7

Chapter 7

7.

1. Now at that time the Bhikkhus who were sick had need of various kinds of gum as-medicine. They told this thing to the Blessed One.

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of gums as medicine--hiṅgu 1, hiṅgu lac, sipâtikâ 2, taka 3, taka-patti 3, taka-panni 3, saggulasa 4, and whatsoever other gums are used for medicine, and impart (&c., as in chap. 4, down to:) is guilty of a dukkata offence.'

Footnotes
  1. 47:1

    Ferula assa foetida: Böhtlingk-Roth (sub voce) say it comes from Persia. It is much used in Hindu medicine. See Wise, 'Hindu System of Medicine,' pp. 152-154.

  2. 47:2

    The correct spelling is probably sivâtikâ. Böhtlingk-Roth under Sivâtikâ and Hiṅgu-sivâtikâ say it is the same as Vamsa-pattrî.

  3. 47:3

    Buddhaghosa merely says these are kinds of lac. According to Wise, p. 152, lâkshâ is used as errhine.

  4. 47:4

    Resin.

Read ad-free with unlimited highlights, bookmarks, and annotations. $10/mo Become a Supporter Join

Comments and social are coming soon

Reader conversations and shared activity will appear here.

22 of 192 Book 11% ~1 min left