Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c19.23

c19.23

'"Then the venerable Mahā-Kassapa laid the "resolution before the Saṃgha: 'Let the "'venerable Saṃgha hear me. If the time "'seem meet to the Saṃgha, let the Saṃgha appoint "'that these five hundred Bhikkhus take up their residence "'during the rainy season at Rājagaha, to chant over together "'the Dhamma and the Vinaya, and that no other Bhikkhus go "'up to Rājagaha for the rainy season.' This is the "resolution. Let the venerable Saṃgha "hear. The Saṃgha appoints accordingly. "Whosoever of the venerable ones approves thereof, let "him keep silence. Whosoever approves not thereof, "let him speak. The Saṃgha has appointed "accordingly. Therefore is it silent. "Thus do I understand.'"¹