Karerimaṇá¸alamÄlÄ
A pavilion near the Karerikuá¹ikÄ, evidently a hall with a thatched roof supported by wooden pillars, but with no walls (D.ii.1; Dial.ii.5, n.2). Buddhaghosa calls it a sitting-hall (nisÄ«danasÄlÄ). Between this hall and the Gandhakuá¹i was the Karerimaṇá¸apa. Probably the term Karerimaṇá¸alamÄlÄ was used to denote all the grounds within the Gandhakuá¹i, the Karerikuá¹ikÄ and this hall (Gandhakuá¹i pi Karerikuá¹ikÄ pi sÄlÄ pi Karerimaṇá¸alamÄlo ti vuccati) (DA.ii.407). DhammapÄla, however, says that only the pavillion and the hall were called Karerimaṇá¸alamÄlÄ. He explains “maṇá¸alamÄlĆthus: “tinapannacchadanam anovassakam maṇá¸alamÄlo; atimuttakÄdi latÄmaṇá¸apo ti apare†(UdA.203).
The monks seem to have been in the habit of sitting out here and talking on various topics at the close of the day. One such topic is recorded in the UdÄna (Ud., p.30f), for discussing which the monks drew on themselves the Buddha’s stern rebuke.
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