A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.30

v2.c19.s5.30

² They are very advantageous for a holy life, but are not compulsory for all monks. They are discussed in Section If of Buddhaghosa's Visuddhi-Magga. The term Dhutaṅga (or Dhūtaṅga) is not yet to be found in the Tipiṭaka, except in the Parivāra of later date (Vinayapiṭaka, ed. Oldenberg, Vol. V, p. 193, cf. p. 131). *Cf. Kern*, Manual of Indian Buddhism, p. 75 f.