Vinay Sutra And Auto Comentary On Same

SR No.: 002451
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P V Bapat, V V Gokhale
Publisher: Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute
Total Pages: 134
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 13 MB

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for those who are spirited and upasampad for those who are pure. The section concludes with a comment on the words mentioned above. Thus comes to an end the miscellaneous section. (v) Section on Kșudraka (S. 149-614)
Prohibitions (S. 149-164) No permission is given for pravrajya, or upasampad for a royal soldier, some near-relation not permitted by the king, a well-known robber, a chariot-maker, a cobbler, a person coming from the lowest class (candala),* or a pukkala, or persons who show some ugliness in the appearance of hair, head, ear, eye, nose, chin, teeth, neck, male organ, or persons who are debased on account of their birth.
One upadhyāya can give upasampad to two persons at one and the same time. In that case, they may not however pay personal respect to each other. Preference is to be given in respect of offerings to one who comes first (S. 156) and in respect of Karmādāna to one who comes afterwards.
Hair-cut (S. 157-172, A Bhikṣu living in a forest should not allow the hair on his head to grow beyond two fingers. One living in a village should limit the height to a finger and a half. He should not allow the cutting of soft hair on other parts of the body except in places where there is a wound. If there is no such practice (a rūdhau), he should consult senior monks and get the wound remedied. If this is not done, he should get the hair cut. He should not keep a tuft of hair (cuda) on his head (as Brāhmaṇs do), nor cut hair on secret parts of his body. He should not remove the hair on his thighs or other parts of his body. He should use a sharpened nail-cutter. To remove dirt he should use a cloth-strip (keśa-pratigraha), or another strip for hair falling from arm-pits (samkaksika), nor should he allow the hair to fall in an open place where there is no sweeping from the monastery (S. 172).
* This is against earlier Pali works: Sn. 137, Vimāna-vatthu, p. 18 etc.