Motif
concealed bodily remains in a monastic vessel
concealed_bodily_remains_in_a_monastic_vessel
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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Vinaya Texts, Part III: The Kullavagga IV-XII (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 20) X, 9, 5- / ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUNIS. / ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUNIS. / X, 13, I.; lines 16052-16199 confidence: medium
A woman whose husband is away becomes pregnant by a paramour, has a premature delivery, asks a confederate Bhikkhuni to carry away the foetus in her bowl, and the Bhikkhuni covers the bowl with her upper robe.
The passage centers on a foetus placed in a Bhikkhuni's bowl, covered with a robe, then revealed to a Bhikkhu and prohibited by rule.
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