Visuddhimagga IV-13

Yo pana khettasannissito hoti samantā khettehi parivārito, tattha manussā vihāramajjheyeva khalaṃ katvā dhaññaṃ maddanti, pamukhesu sayanti, aññampi bahuṃ aphāsuṃ karonti. Yatrāpi mahāsaṅghabhogo hoti, ārāmikā kulānaṃ gāvo rundhanti, udakavāraṃ paṭisedhenti, manussā vīhisīsaṃ gahetvā ‘‘passatha tumhākaṃ ārāmikānaṃ kamma’’nti saṅghassa dassenti. Tena tena kāraṇena rājarājamahāmattānaṃ gharadvāraṃ gantabbaṃ hoti, ayampi khettasannissiteneva saṅgahito.

12.其次「近田」的精舍，四方都围着田，人们在寺中堆稻、打谷、晒干，并作其它甚多不适之事。又若有大财产的寺院，为寺院耕作的家属，阻止他人放牛，又不准他家应用灌溉的贮水池，[PTS 121] 于是人们取其谷穗而来示于寺僧说：「看吧！这是你们寺院农家所作的。」由于彼此的理由而诉讼，则须出入于国王或大臣的阁门。这种有大财产的寺院亦包摄于「近田」之内。

Ñ(IV,13): 12. People make use of one with nearby arable fields, quite surrounded by fields. They make a threshing floor in the middle of the monastery itself. They thresh corn there, dry it in the forecourts, and cause great inconvenience. And where there is extensive property belonging to the Community, the monastery attendants impound cattle belonging to families and deny the water supply [to their crops]. [121] Then people bring an ear of paddy and show it to the Community saying 'Look at your monastery attendants' work'. For one reason or another he has to go to the portals of the king or the king's ministers. This [matter of property belonging to the Community] is included by [a monastery that is] near arable fields.