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The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c10.82

The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c10.82

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c10.82

§154. The person of the giver—mostly a woman as may be concluded from Dasav. 5, 28, etc.—is in the first line affected by the prohibition of the *sāgāriya-piṇḍa*. He who accommodates a monk may not equally treat him to food and drink (Āyār. II 78, 12; Nis. 2, 46-48; Dasā 2, 11; Viy. 231a; Dasav. 3, 5), though what of alms he gives may be accepted for the benefit of one who is ill or otherwise prevented from doing his begging round, and also for the teacher acc. to Viy. 374a (*dāvei*, K. 2, 19-28; Vav. 9, 1-30, 36-39; Pajj. 14-16). Weak and ill monks

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