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  • 毗舍离城南的一座祠堂,原为供奉一位夜叉而建,佛陀常在此驻锡,并曾因夜间感到寒冷而在此制定比丘可蓄三衣的戒律。

  • A shrine south of Vesāli, originally dedicated to a yakkha, where the Buddha often stayed and once established the rule allowing monks three robes after feeling cold at night.

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