Size of a Monks bowl.
I was wondering what measurement of a “Nali” is and seems like Magadha Nali is 750 grams of uncooked raw rice.
Bowl should me made of ony 2 Kinds of allowable bowl material: Clay or Iron (steel)
Monks bowl comes in different sizes varying from 6inch to 8inch bowls so ideally it should neither be too big nor too small.
9 Kinds of bowl capacity:
1. Ukaṭṭha Ukaṭṭha – largest large bowl – *not allowable*
2. Ukaṭṭha – large bowl
3. Ukaṭṭha omaka – smallest large bowl
4. Majjhima Ukaṭṭha – largest medium bowl 5. Majjhima – medium bowl
6. Majjhima omaka – smallest medium bowl
7. Omaka Ukaṭṭha- largest small bowl
8. Omaka – small bowl
9. Omaka Omaka – smallest small bowl – *not allowable*
To find the capacity of the large bowl (Ukkaṭṭha), take two measures (nāli) (one nali=750grams) of rice, when cooked it becomes four. One measure of curries and one of vegetables equals to six nālis.(roughly around 4.5kg/4.5litre raw rice container)
Capacity of Ukkaṭṭha: 6 nālis
Capacity of Majjhima: 3 nālis
Capacity of Omaka: 1 nālis
So basically Monks bowl range from 0.75kg/0.75 litre bowl to 4.5kg/4.5litre bowl.
With Metta
Bhikkhu Ariyananda
The Ledi Monk :) 