僧羯磨 1.26

1.26

The procedure for demarcating a sīmā-maṇḍala. (At that time, for the bhikṣus, matters of karman arose requiring an assembly of four bhikṣus, an assembly of five bhikṣus, an assembly of ten bhikṣus, or an assembly of twenty bhikṣus, and the great assembly became exhausted by gathering there. The Buddha said: "I allow you to demarcate a sīmā-maṇḍala. Announce the landmarks of the four directions, whether stakes are set up, or stones, or field boundaries, or fixed limits." In demarcating it within [the area], three rings of landmarks are set up: the innermost ring is the landmark of the sīmā-maṇḍala; the middle ring is the inner landmark of the mahāsīmā—this and the landmark of the sīmā-maṇḍala must not intersect or overlap, and an interval must be left between them; the outermost ring is the outer landmark of the mahāsīmā. First announce the landmark of the sīmā-maṇḍala and demarcate it, the method of announcement being as above. It should be performed thus.)