The Mahavagga is part of the Vinaya Pitaka, the monastic discipline section of the Pali Canon, and its eighth chapter, the Civarakkhandhaka, sets out the actual monastic rule on robes, including how many a monk may hold, their construction from discarded cloth, and the kathina robe offering ceremony. As primary scripture it is the correct source for what the rule itself specifies. Its limit is that it states the rule as codified, not how strictly or variously it was observed across different Buddhist monastic communities and periods, so a claim about actual historical practice, as against the textual rule, needs a source addressing that practice directly.
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Reliability Tier1
Primary scripture from the Vinaya Pitaka, the monastic discipline section of the Pali Canon, with no modern publisher of record, treated at the top tier as that primary textual rule. NotesThe monastic rule on robes: their number, their construction from discarded cloth, and the kathina offering.
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AuthorAnonymous (Pali Canon)
PublisherPali Canon
Source Typeprimary-text
Claims Backed By This Source (22 claims)
This source backs 22 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Religious Dress & Vestments, 11 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Articles, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.
- Denominations, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
Well-attested
16Religious Dress & Vestments
Holds
3Religious Dress & Vestments
General References
3Religious Dress & Vestments
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