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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-6.
1. Now at that time the Bhikkhus who were sick had need of fruits as medicine.
They told this thing to the Lord Buddha.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of fruits as medicine--the vilanga, the pippala, and marika peppers; the haritaka, and vibhitaka, and amalaka myrobalans; the gotha fruit; and whatsoever other fruits 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 Chap-4, down to:) guilty of a dukkata offence,'
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