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Chapter Ten

Перевод: Бхиккху Суджато

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Verses of the Senior Monks 1.97 · The Book of the Ones

Giving up a hundred ounces of bronze, ^[1]

and a hundred grains of gold, ^[2]

I took a bowl made of clay:

this is my second initiation.

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[1] According to Olivelle (King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India), a pala is approximately 37.76 gm, roughly an ounce.

[2] The rājika is the weight of a mustard seed, somewhat parallel to the “grain” in the Imperial system.