[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Early Monastic Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941) › v1.c19.9 # Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.9 Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.9 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.9) Pāṇini speaks of a \*Bhikṣu-sūtra\* while Baudhāyana and Āpastamba use the term ‘bhikṣu’ instead of ‘parivrājaka’ and mention that bhikṣus lived at one place during the rainy season.⁴ Evidently the writers of dharma-sūtras had in mind, besides the brāhmaṇayatis who were also called bhikṣus, the Buddhist bhikṣus as also the parivrājakas whose number became fairly large in the 6th century B.C. These parivrājakas or wandering brahmacārins lived a form of communal life, but there is no evidence of their having any code. Their daily life, it seems, was regulated by their chief according to the traditional usage.⁵ In the \*Aṅguttara Nikāya\*¹ there are a few hints relating to dress, food, bed and seats of non-Buddhistic parivrājakas, which are practically the same as detailed in a previous chapter.² - [Previous: v1.c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.8) - [Next: v1.c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.10) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṅguttaranikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.9) · Pramāṇa