[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.s1.12 # Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.s1.12 Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.s1.12 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s1.12) It will be observed that Rāhula was ordained by Sāriputta and not by Buddha, and that Sāriputta acted as Rāhula’s \*ācariya\*. It was on this occasion that Buddha empowered his disciples to confer ordination.¹ Buddha himself did not observe any rule for conferring ordination. After the conversion of Sāriputta and Moggallāna, he admitted into the Saṅgha a few others like Aṅgulimāla by the words “ehi bhikkhu.” - [Previous: v1.c19.s1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s1.11) - [Next: v1.c19.s1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s1.13) - [Up: v1.c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s1.12) · Pramāṇa