Kathinakkhandhaka

The Kathinakkhandhaka, “the Chapter on the robe-making ceremony”, describes the procedure and rules for the robe-making ceremony that is normally held in the last month of the rainy season, after the rainy-season residence has been completed. Once this ceremony has been performed, the robe-making season lasts until the end of the cold season, unless certain conditions are fulfilled. Most of this chapter consists of a detailed analysis of those conditions.