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Adapted from the Translation by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg
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MAHAVAGGA
SIXTH KHANDHAKA(ON MEDICAMENTS)
Chapter-5.
1. Now at that time the Bhikkhus who were sick had need of leaves as medicine.
They told this thing to the Lord Buddha.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of leaves as medicine--the leaves of the nimba , of the kutaga, of the patola, of the tulasi(basil), of the kappasika(cotton), and whatsoever other leaves are used for medicine, and impart an appetising flavour to foods, either hard or soft, which the sick Bhikkhus could not otherwise eat. They may be received, and stored up (&c., as in last chapter, down to:) guilty of a dukkata offence.'
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