<p>Imagine if you were a good old villager in 5 B.C India walking barefoot on the field at night, then yeah, tree-stumps and thorns could pose some real danger to your feet! And how would protection from tree-stumps look like? Well, as the very first phrase has said: "May you take care in protecting yourselves...".</p>

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<p>In the <a href="http://www.softerviews.org/AIM/parikamma.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Paritta Parikamma</a>, there is the line:</p>

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  <p>May you take care in protecting yourselves from the dangers of tyrants, robbers, human beings, non-human beings, fires, floods, demons, <strong>tree-stumps</strong>, thorns, evil planets, epidemics, wrong-doers or heretics; from wild elephants, horses, beasts, oxen, dogs, serpents, scorpions, poisonous snakes, leopards, bears, hyenas, boars, buffaloes, ogres, devils etc., and from dangers of various fears, diseases and disasters.</p>
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<li>What dangers would tree-stumps pose?</li>
<li>What would protection from tree-stumps look like?</li>
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Protection from tree-stumps
# Protection from tree-stumps

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-04)

In the [Paritta Parikamma](http://www.softerviews.org/AIM/parikamma.html), there is the line:

> May you take care in protecting yourselves from the dangers of tyrants, robbers, human beings, non-human beings, fires, floods, demons, **tree-stumps**, thorns, evil planets, epidemics, wrong-doers or heretics; from wild elephants, horses, beasts, oxen, dogs, serpents, scorpions, poisonous snakes, leopards, bears, hyenas, boars, buffaloes, ogres, devils etc., and from dangers of various fears, diseases and disasters.

* What dangers would tree-stumps pose?
* What would protection from tree-stumps look like?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-11-04. Score: 1

Imagine if you were a good old villager in 5 B.C India walking barefoot on the field at night, then yeah, tree-stumps and thorns could pose some real danger to your feet! And how would protection from tree-stumps look like? Well, as the very first phrase has said: "May you take care in protecting yourselves...".


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