Going forth, energetic, they cracked, Lute, single-layered soles; Blue, yellow, red, Magenta, and just black. Orange, beige, And he prohibited straps; Leather, and enclosing, covering, Cotton, partridge, ram, goat. Scorpion, peacock, and various, Lion, and tiger, leopard; Deer, otter, and cat, Squirrel, bat, decorated. Cracked, sandals, corn, Washed, stumps, clacking; Palm, bamboo, and just grass, Reed, fish-tail palm. Grass, wool, gold, Silver, gems, beryl; Crystal, bronze, and glass, Tin, and lead, copper. Cow, vehicle, and sick, Pulled by men, palanquin; Beds, luxurious skins, And the bad one with a cattle hide. Of householders, straps of leather, They enter, being sick; Mahākaccāyana, Soṇa, Chanted the Chapter of Eights. Full ordination through five, Multi-layered, unrestricted bathing; He allowed rugs made of skin, Not start the counting until; The leader did these five favors, For Soṇa, the senior monk.” In this chapter there are sixty-three topics. The chapter on skins is finished.
Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law The Great Division The chapter on medicines 1. Discussion of the five tonics