Note 478 — Chapter V · LUNAR SUPERSTITIONS AND FESTIVALS
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Sutta Nipâta, ii, 14, 19-26 (S. B. E., x, pt. ii, 65 sqq.). See also T. W. Rhys Davids, Buddhism, London, 1890, pp. 137 sqq.; Childers, op. cit., s.v. sīlaṁ. The prohibition of drinking intoxicating liquors was directed against the ancient soma sacrifice on the second day of the upavasatha ceremony. See Satapatha-Brâhmana, 1, 6, 4, 5 sqq. (S. B. E., xii, 176 sqq.). On the other hand the last precept is identical with one of the regulations for the upavasatha, where the celebrant is distinctly enjoined to sleep on the ground (or a shake-down of grass, a blanket). See Satapatha-Brâhmana, i, 1, 1, 11 (S. B. E., xii, 6).