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## Eighth Precept
[173]
One should not engage in conversation, standing, etc. with women. In the Dashakalika Sutra, sexual intercourse is compared to the poison of a snake, and even intercourse with a woman who is a hundred years old is prohibited. The commentary states:
"Even if it is with an old mother or sister, etc., who is alone, even a discussion of Dharma is not appropriate. What then to say of other conversations with young women, etc." [2344]
Commentary: "Even if it is with an old mother or sister, etc., who is alone, even a discussion of Dharma is not appropriate. What then to say of other conversations with young women, etc."
Meaning: If even a discussion of Dharma is not appropriate with an old mother or sister, etc., who is alone, then it is self-evident that other conversations with young women, etc. are prohibited.
Explanation of specific terms:
1. **Viharam karei:** Here, the meaning of "vihar" is to stay together. Therefore, one should not understand the meaning here as "traveling from village to village."
2. **Uccaram va pasavanam va parituvei:** "Goes to the land of the dead."
3. **Anariyam adi:** "Anariyam kamakaha, nirantaram va apriyam kaham kaheti-kamaniṭṭharakahao, eta cev asamanpao gga."
4. **Ujjānam:** "Where people gather, or the elevated place of a city, that is ujjānam." "Near the city, there are places for vehicles, games, etc." - Rayappaseneya Sutra Commentary.
5. **Nijjānāṁ rāyādiāṁ niggamaṇṭhāṇāṁ nijjānīyā, nagaraniggame jaṁ ṭhiyam taṁ nijjānāṁ. Etesu tev giha kaya-ujjāṇa-nijjāna-giha.** "The place of exit from the city, etc., is nijjānīyā, the place where one stands at the exit of the city, that is nijjānāṁ. These are the houses in the ujjāṇa, nijjānā, and giha."
6. **Aṭasi:** "On top of a palace, in a house on top of a wall, or in a house for soldiers on top of a wall."
7. **Aṭṭālayansi:** "A special place of shelter on top of a wall." "A temple on top of a wall of a fort." "In the city, there are houses, and in the same place, there are aṭṭālagos." "Battle towers."
8. **Cariyansi:** "A path eight cubits wide between the city walls." "The path eight cubits wide around the house is cariyā."
9. **Gopura:** "A gate with a tower." "A strong gate, two strong gates attached to the house, the space between them is the gopura."
10. **Taṇa-Tusa-Bhusā:** "A place for grass, etc., a place for grass, a place for rice, etc., a place for husks, etc."