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Gotamaka-cetiya
Place毗舍離城南的一座祠堂,原為供奉一位夜叉而建,佛陀常在此駐錫,並曾因夜間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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