Vinaya (2): The Mahavagga
by T. W. Rhys Davids | 1881 | 156,382 words
The Mahavagga (part of the Vinaya collection) includes accounts of Gautama Buddha鈥檚 and the ten principal disciples鈥� awakenings, as well as rules for ordination, rules for reciting the Patimokkha during uposatha days, and various monastic procedures....
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Mahavagga, Khandaka 6, Chapter 8
1. Now at that time the Bhikkhus who were sick had need of various kinds of salt[1] as medicine. They told this thing to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of salts as medicine鈥攕ea-salt[2], black salt[3], rock salt[4], kitchen salt[5], red salt[6], and whatsoever other salts are used in medicine (&c., as in chap. 4, down to:) is guilty of a 诲耻办办补峁璦 offence.'
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
On these salts compare Abhidh膩nappad墨pik膩, verse 461; Su艣ruta, vol. i, pp. 226, 227, of the edition by Madhus奴dana Gupta; Wise, 'Hindu Medicine,' p. 117.
[2]:
S膩muddik膩 鈥檛i samudda-t墨re v膩luk膩 viya ti峁弓hati (B.).
[3]:
K膩岣穉-lo峁嘺n ti pakati-lo峁嘺峁� (B.).
[4]:
Sindhavan ti seta-va峁囜箛a峁�: pabbate u峁弓hahati (B.). It was probably called Sindh salt because it was found there, though, like Sindhava horses, it is always supposed to be white.
[5]:
Ubbhid膩 鈥檛i bhummito a峁卥uya峁� (sic) u峁弓hahati (B.).
[6]:
Bilan ti dabba-sambh膩rehi saddhi峁� pacita峁�: ta峁� ratta-va峁囜箛a峁� (B.). It is Sanskrit vi岣峚, Hindust膩ni bi峁� laban, and the same as bil膩la in the Abhidh膩nappad墨pik膩.