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1We believe, therefore, that this surname Kom4rabhakka really means, ‘ Master of the kaum4rabhritya science.’ VIII, 1,7. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 175 that physician was. Having approached him he said to that physician, ‘I wish to learn your art, doctor. ‘Well, friend Givaka, learn it.’ And Givaka Komérabhaééa learnt much, and learnt easily, and understood well, and did not forget what he had learnt. And when seven years had elapsed, Givaka Komdarabhaééa thought: ‘I learn much, and learn easily, and I understand well, and I do not forget what I have learnt. I have studied now seven years, and I do not see the end of this art. When shall I see the end of this art ?’ 7. And Givaka Komérabha#éa went to the place where that physician was; having approached him he said to that physician : ‘I learn much, doctor, and I learn easily; I understand well, and do not forget what I have learnt. I have studied now seven years, and I do not see the end of this art. When shall I see the end of this art ?’ ‘Very well, my dear Givaka, take this spade, and seek round about Takkasila a yogana on every side, and whatever (plant) you see which is not medicinal, bring it to me.’ Givaka KomarabhaZéa accepted this order of that physician (saying), ‘ Yes, doctor,’ took a spade, and went around about Takkasila a yogana on every side, but he did not see anything that was not medicinal. Then Gtvaka Komarabhaééa went to the place where that physician was; having approached him he said to that physician: ‘I have been seeking, doctor, all around Takkasila a yogana on every side, but I have not seen anything that is not medicinal.’ (The physician replied), ‘You have done your learning, my good Gtvaka ; this will do for acquiring your livelihood.’ Speaking thus he gave to Givaka 176 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 1, 8. Komarabhaf#sa a little (money) for his journey (home). 8. And Gitvaka Komférabhaééa took that little money, given to him for his journey, and set out for Ragagaha. And on the way at Sdketa that little money of Givaka Kom4rabhakéa was spent. Now Givaka Komfarabhaéa thought: ‘ These ways are wild, and there is but little water and little food ; it is difficult to travel here without money for the journey. What if I were to try to get some money for my journey.’ At that time the se¢¢hi’s! wife at Saketa had been suffering for seven years from disease in the head; many very great and world-renowned physicians came, but they could not restore her to health ; they received much gold, and went away. And Givaka Komdarabhaééa, when he had entered Saketa, asked the people: ‘Who is sick here, my good Sirs? Whom shall I cure ?’ ‘That se¢¢hi’s wife, doctor, has been suffering for seven years from a disease in the head; go, doctor, and cure that se¢¢hi’s wife.’
2And Givaka Komdarabhaééa, when he had entered Saketa, asked the people: ‘Who is sick here, my good Sirs? Whom shall I cure ?’ ‘That se¢¢hi’s wife, doctor, has been suffering for seven years from a disease in the head; go, doctor, and cure that se¢¢hi’s wife.’ g. Then Gtvaka Komférabhaa went to the house of that householder, the se¢éHi; and when he had reached it, he gave orders to the door-keeper (saying), ‘Go, my good door-keeper, and tell the se¢¢hi’s wife : “A physician has come in, Madam, who wants to see you.”’ That door-keeper accepted this order of Givaka Komiarabhaéfa (saying), ‘ Yes, doctor,’ went to the place where the seé¢hi’s wife was, and having approached her, he said to the se¢¢i’s wife: ‘A physician has come in, Madam, who wants to see you.’ 1 See the note at I, 7, 1. VIII, 1,11. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 177 ‘What sort of man is that physician, my good door-keeper ?’ ‘He is a young man, Madam.’ _ ‘Nay, my good door-keeper, what can a young physician help me? Many very great and worldrenowned physicians have come and have not been able to restore me to health; they have received much gold, and have gone away.’ 10. Thus that door-keeper went to Gtvaka ‘Komarabhaééa ; having approached him he said to Givaka Komérabhaésa: ‘The seé¢hi’s wife has said, doctor: “ Nay, my good door-keeper (&c., as in § 9).”” (Gtvaka replied), ‘Go, my good door-keeper, and tell the se¢¢hi’s wife : “ The physician, Madam, says : ‘Do not give me anything beforehand, Madam ; when you shall have been restored to health, then you may give me what you like.’”’ The door-keeper accepted this order of Givaka Komférabhaffa (saying), ‘ Yes, doctor,’ went to the place where the se/¢¢hi’s wife was, and having approached her he said to the seéthi’s wife: ‘The physician, Madam, says (&c., as above).’ ‘Well, my good door-keeper, let the physician enter.’ The door-keeper accepted this order of the se¢¢hi’s wife (saying), ‘Yes, Madam,’ went to the place where Givaka Komarabhaééa was, and having approached him he said to Givaka Komérabhaféa : ‘ The se¢thi’s wife calls you, doctor.’ 11. Then Givaka Komfarabhakéa went to the place where the se¢¢hi’s wife was ; having approached her, and having carefully observed the change in the appearance of the se/¢hi’s wife, he said to the [17] N 178 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 1, 12. se/thi’s wife: ‘We want one pasata! of ghee, Madam.’ Then the se¢¢hi’s wife ordered one pasata of ghee to be given to Givaka Komérabhakéa. And Givaka Koméarabhaééa boiled up that pasata of ghee with various drugs, ordered the seéthi’s wife to lie down on her back in the bed, and gave it her through her nose. And the butter given through the nose came out through the mouth. And the se/¢¢hi’s wife spat it out into the spittoon, and told the maid-servant : ‘Come, my girl, take this ghee up with a piece of cotton.’
3And the butter given through the nose came out through the mouth. And the se/¢¢hi’s wife spat it out into the spittoon, and told the maid-servant : ‘Come, my girl, take this ghee up with a piece of cotton.’ 12. Then Givaka Komarabhaééa thought: ‘It isastonishing how niggardly this house-wife is, in that she has this ghee, which ought to be thrown away, taken up with a piece of cotton. I have given her many highly precious drugs. What sort of fee will she give me?’ And the seéthi’s wife, when she observed the change of demeanour in Givaka Komérabhaééa, said to Gitvaka Koméarabhaééa: ‘Why are you perplexed, doctor ?’ . ‘I thought: “It is astonishing, &c.”’ ‘Householders like us, doctor, know why to economize thus; this ghee will do for the servants or workmen to anoint their feet with, or it can be poured into the lamp. Be not perplexed, doctor, you will not lose your fee.’ * One prasr?ta or prasrzti (‘handful’) is said by the Sanskrit lexicographers to be equal to two palas. About the pala, which according to the ghee measure (ghr:tapram4ama) of Magadha was the thirty-second part of a prastha, see the Atharva-parisish/a 35, 3, ap. Weber, Ueber den Vedakalender namens Jyotisham, p. 82. Compare also Rh. D., ‘Ancient Coins and Measures of Ceylon,’ pp. 18, 19, VIII, 1,14. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 179 13. And Givaka Komarabhaséa drove away the disease in the head which the se¢¢hi’s wife had had for seven years, by once giving her medicine through the nose. Then the sefthi’s wife, who had been restored to health, gave four thousand (kah4pazas) to Gitvaka Komérabhaééa; her son (thinking), ‘My mother stands there restored, gave him four thousand; her daughter-in-law (thinking), ‘My motherin-law stands there restored,’ gave him four thousand; the se¢thi, the householder, (thinking), ‘My wife stands there restored,’ gave him four thousand and a man-servant and a maid-servant and a coach with horses. Then Gtvaka Komérabhasfa took those sixteen thousand (kah4pazas) and the man-servant, the maidservant, and the coach with the horses, and set out for Ragagaha. In due course he came to Ragagaha, and to the place where the royal prince Abhaya was; having approached him he said to the royal prince Abhaya: ‘This, Your Highness, (have I received for) the first work I have done, sixteen thousand and a man-servant and a maid-servant and a coach with horses; may Your Highness accept this as payment for my bringing up.’ ‘Nay, my dear Gtvaka, keep it, but do not get a dwelling for yourself elsewhere than in our residence.’ Gitvaka Komérabhaééa accepted this order of the royal prince Abhaya (saying), ‘Yes, Your Highness,’ and got himself a dwelling in the residence of the royal prince Abhaya. 14. At that time the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisd4ra suffered from a fistula; his garments were stained with blood. When the queens saw that, N 2 180 MAHAVAGGA. VII, 1, 1g.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1We believe, therefore, that this surname Kom4rabhakka really means, ‘ Master of the kaum4rabhritya science.’ VIII, 1,7. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 175 that physician was. Having approached him he said to that physician, ‘I wish to learn your art, doctor. ‘Well, friend Givaka, learn it.’ And Givaka Komérabhaééa learnt much, and learnt easily, and understood well, and did not forget what he had learnt. And when seven years had elapsed, Givaka Komdarabhaééa thought: ‘I learn much, and learn easily, and I understand well, and I do not forget what I have learnt. I have studied now seven years, and I do not see the end of this art. When shall I see the end of this art ?’ 7. And Givaka Komérabha#éa went to the place where that physician was; having approached him he said to that physician : ‘I learn much, doctor, and I learn easily; I understand well, and do not forget what I have learnt. I have studied now seven years, and I do not see the end of this art. When shall I see the end of this art ?’ ‘Very well, my dear Givaka, take this spade, and seek round about Takkasila a yogana on every side, and whatever (plant) you see which is not medicinal, bring it to me.’ Givaka KomarabhaZéa accepted this order of that physician (saying), ‘ Yes, doctor,’ took a spade, and went around about Takkasila a yogana on every side, but he did not see anything that was not medicinal. Then Gtvaka Komarabhaééa went to the place where that physician was; having approached him he said to that physician: ‘I have been seeking, doctor, all around Takkasila a yogana on every side, but I have not seen anything that is not medicinal.’ (The physician replied), ‘You have done your learning, my good Gtvaka ; this will do for acquiring your livelihood.’ Speaking thus he gave to Givaka 176 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 1, 8. Komarabhaf#sa a little (money) for his journey (home). 8. And Gitvaka Komférabhaééa took that little money, given to him for his journey, and set out for Ragagaha. And on the way at Sdketa that little money of Givaka Kom4rabhakéa was spent. Now Givaka Komfarabhaéa thought: ‘ These ways are wild, and there is but little water and little food ; it is difficult to travel here without money for the journey. What if I were to try to get some money for my journey.’ At that time the se¢¢hi’s! wife at Saketa had been suffering for seven years from disease in the head; many very great and world-renowned physicians came, but they could not restore her to health ; they received much gold, and went away. And Givaka Komdarabhaééa, when he had entered Saketa, asked the people: ‘Who is sick here, my good Sirs? Whom shall I cure ?’ ‘That se¢¢hi’s wife, doctor, has been suffering for seven years from a disease in the head; go, doctor, and cure that se¢¢hi’s wife.’
2And Givaka Komdarabhaééa, when he had entered Saketa, asked the people: ‘Who is sick here, my good Sirs? Whom shall I cure ?’ ‘That se¢¢hi’s wife, doctor, has been suffering for seven years from a disease in the head; go, doctor, and cure that se¢¢hi’s wife.’ g. Then Gtvaka Komférabhaa went to the house of that householder, the se¢éHi; and when he had reached it, he gave orders to the door-keeper (saying), ‘Go, my good door-keeper, and tell the se¢¢hi’s wife : “A physician has come in, Madam, who wants to see you.”’ That door-keeper accepted this order of Givaka Komiarabhaéfa (saying), ‘ Yes, doctor,’ went to the place where the seé¢hi’s wife was, and having approached her, he said to the se¢¢i’s wife: ‘A physician has come in, Madam, who wants to see you.’ 1 See the note at I, 7, 1. VIII, 1,11. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 177 ‘What sort of man is that physician, my good door-keeper ?’ ‘He is a young man, Madam.’ _ ‘Nay, my good door-keeper, what can a young physician help me? Many very great and worldrenowned physicians have come and have not been able to restore me to health; they have received much gold, and have gone away.’ 10. Thus that door-keeper went to Gtvaka ‘Komarabhaééa ; having approached him he said to Givaka Komérabhaésa: ‘The seé¢hi’s wife has said, doctor: “ Nay, my good door-keeper (&c., as in § 9).”” (Gtvaka replied), ‘Go, my good door-keeper, and tell the se¢¢hi’s wife : “ The physician, Madam, says : ‘Do not give me anything beforehand, Madam ; when you shall have been restored to health, then you may give me what you like.’”’ The door-keeper accepted this order of Givaka Komférabhaffa (saying), ‘ Yes, doctor,’ went to the place where the se/¢¢hi’s wife was, and having approached her he said to the seéthi’s wife: ‘The physician, Madam, says (&c., as above).’ ‘Well, my good door-keeper, let the physician enter.’ The door-keeper accepted this order of the se¢¢hi’s wife (saying), ‘Yes, Madam,’ went to the place where Givaka Komarabhaééa was, and having approached him he said to Givaka Komérabhaféa : ‘ The se¢thi’s wife calls you, doctor.’ 11. Then Givaka Komfarabhakéa went to the place where the se¢¢hi’s wife was ; having approached her, and having carefully observed the change in the appearance of the se/¢hi’s wife, he said to the [17] N 178 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 1, 12. se/thi’s wife: ‘We want one pasata! of ghee, Madam.’ Then the se¢¢hi’s wife ordered one pasata of ghee to be given to Givaka Komérabhakéa. And Givaka Koméarabhaééa boiled up that pasata of ghee with various drugs, ordered the seéthi’s wife to lie down on her back in the bed, and gave it her through her nose. And the butter given through the nose came out through the mouth. And the se/¢¢hi’s wife spat it out into the spittoon, and told the maid-servant : ‘Come, my girl, take this ghee up with a piece of cotton.’
3And the butter given through the nose came out through the mouth. And the se/¢¢hi’s wife spat it out into the spittoon, and told the maid-servant : ‘Come, my girl, take this ghee up with a piece of cotton.’ 12. Then Givaka Komarabhaééa thought: ‘It isastonishing how niggardly this house-wife is, in that she has this ghee, which ought to be thrown away, taken up with a piece of cotton. I have given her many highly precious drugs. What sort of fee will she give me?’ And the seéthi’s wife, when she observed the change of demeanour in Givaka Komérabhaééa, said to Gitvaka Koméarabhaééa: ‘Why are you perplexed, doctor ?’ . ‘I thought: “It is astonishing, &c.”’ ‘Householders like us, doctor, know why to economize thus; this ghee will do for the servants or workmen to anoint their feet with, or it can be poured into the lamp. Be not perplexed, doctor, you will not lose your fee.’ * One prasr?ta or prasrzti (‘handful’) is said by the Sanskrit lexicographers to be equal to two palas. About the pala, which according to the ghee measure (ghr:tapram4ama) of Magadha was the thirty-second part of a prastha, see the Atharva-parisish/a 35, 3, ap. Weber, Ueber den Vedakalender namens Jyotisham, p. 82. Compare also Rh. D., ‘Ancient Coins and Measures of Ceylon,’ pp. 18, 19, VIII, 1,14. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 179 13. And Givaka Komarabhaséa drove away the disease in the head which the se¢¢hi’s wife had had for seven years, by once giving her medicine through the nose. Then the sefthi’s wife, who had been restored to health, gave four thousand (kah4pazas) to Gitvaka Komérabhaééa; her son (thinking), ‘My mother stands there restored, gave him four thousand; her daughter-in-law (thinking), ‘My motherin-law stands there restored,’ gave him four thousand; the se¢thi, the householder, (thinking), ‘My wife stands there restored,’ gave him four thousand and a man-servant and a maid-servant and a coach with horses. Then Gtvaka Komérabhasfa took those sixteen thousand (kah4pazas) and the man-servant, the maidservant, and the coach with the horses, and set out for Ragagaha. In due course he came to Ragagaha, and to the place where the royal prince Abhaya was; having approached him he said to the royal prince Abhaya: ‘This, Your Highness, (have I received for) the first work I have done, sixteen thousand and a man-servant and a maid-servant and a coach with horses; may Your Highness accept this as payment for my bringing up.’ ‘Nay, my dear Gtvaka, keep it, but do not get a dwelling for yourself elsewhere than in our residence.’ Gitvaka Komérabhaééa accepted this order of the royal prince Abhaya (saying), ‘Yes, Your Highness,’ and got himself a dwelling in the residence of the royal prince Abhaya. 14. At that time the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisd4ra suffered from a fistula; his garments were stained with blood. When the queens saw that, N 2 180 MAHAVAGGA. VII, 1, 1g.
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