Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.2060

v2.c35.2060

Kalandakanivāpa (q.v.) is the place nearly always mentioned as the spot where the Buddha stayed in Veḷuvana. There many Vinaya rules were passed—e.g., on the keeping of the vassa,⁴ the use of food cooked in the monastery,⁵ the picking of edible (kappiya) fruit in the absence of any layman from whom permission to do so could be obtained,⁶ surgical operations on monks,⁷ the eating of sugar,⁸ the rubbing of various parts of the body against wood,⁹ the use of the kinds of dwelling¹⁰ and the use of gold and silver.¹¹