Senāsanakkhandhaka

The Senāsanakkhandhaka, “the Chapter on dwellings”, gives further rules on allowable buildings, including allowable methods for constructing and finishing them, as well as allowable furnishings. A number of minor rules are laid down, as are the procedures for appointing community officials. The chapter tells the story of Anāthapiṇḍika, perhaps the greatest benefactor of Buddhism in the very earliest period. Here we also find the Tittira Jātaka tale, “the Partridge Jātaka”, found in a slightly different form in the Jātaka collection.