僧羯磨 2.3

2.3

Procedure for the ñatti for receiving the kaṭhina robe: (The Vinaya states: Whether one obtains new cloth, or cloth given by a dānapati, or rag-robes (pāṃśukūla). If it is new cloth or old cloth, attach new material to purify it; if already washed, having washed it, quilt it to purify it. Not obtained through wrong livelihood, not obtained through hinting, not obtained through incitement, not obtained through staying overnight, not purified through forfeiture (naiḥsargika). If it comes on that very day according with the Dharma, secure borders on all four sides, and make ten panels out of five strips; if it exceeds this, it should also be received. One should wash, dye, stretch, and press it oneself, cut it into ten panels, and sew it. It should be received before the saṃgha, announcing thus:)