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5.

1. When he had accomplished the Mânatta he told the Bhikkhus, saying, 'I committed (&c., as 4. 1, down to) for one day concealed. I asked, &c. . . . The Samgha imposed a probation, &c. . . . When I passed through that probation the Samgha imposed a Mânatta of &c. . . . for &c. . . . I have accomplished that Mânatta. What now shall I do?'

They told that matter to the Blessed One.

'Let then the Samgha, O Bhikkhus, rehabilitate Udâyi the Bhikkhu.'

2, 3. [Here follows the kammavâkâ as in chapter 2, §§ 2, 3, to the end.]


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