Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c23.38

c23.38

**Use of Mat, Rug, and other Clothing.** Besides the suit of robes, the Bhikkhu was allowed the use of mat "for protecting the body and the robes", use of "itch-cloth" if he were suffering from "the itch, or boils, or a discharge or scabs", of cloth to wipe faces with, and of cloth required for the water-strainer and the bag in which the bowl and other things were carried [ib., *viii*, 16-20]. To these were also added the bed covering [ib., *viii*, 20] and the rug which must last for at least six years [*Pāt.*, p. 25].