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"The Jina, the Lord Mahavira, being omniscient and all-seeing, knew well the weaknesses of the human mind. He wanted to protect his order of ascetics from these weaknesses, so he emphasized the strong code of conduct of the ascetic order. Sometimes in a known state and sometimes in an unknown state, a fault is incurred. The accepted vows are broken. To purify oneself after a vow is broken or a fault is committed, a code of atonement was created. The Chhedasutras prohibit those events that tarnish the life of a restrained person and some atonements are also based on immediate events. But when we study the Chhedasutras in depth, it seems that all the prohibitions are presented with ahimsa and aparigraha as the center. From a historical perspective, it is also easily known that such tendencies would have prevailed in the monastic orders of India at that time. To prevent the tendencies from being adopted by the ascetics and ascetics, they were prohibited and perhaps if they were adopted, their atonement was also ordained. Thus, prohibitions and atonement methods have been propounded from various perspectives.
The Nishītha has its own unique place in the Chhedasutras. The Vyavahārasūtra clearly states that the one who is well-versed in the scriptures must study the Āchāraprakalpa at least. The one who is knowledgeable about the Āchāraprakalpa can be given the position of Upādhyāya. The ascetic who has studied the Āchāraprakalpa from the mouth of the guru and has a firm resolve in his mind to study it from the point of view of meaning, can be given the position of Ācharya or Upādhyāya if the Ācharya and Upādhyāya die suddenly. If a young ascetic has forgotten the Āchāraprakalpa for some reason, he can be given the position of Ācharya etc. again after remembering it. But if an elder saint forgets the Āchāraprakalpa and does not have the ability to remember it, he can still be given the position of Ācharya. The ascetic who remembers the Āchāraprakalpa can be given the position of Pravartinī. If by mistake, the ascetic has forgotten the Āchāraprakalpa but is trying to remember it again, she can be given the position of Pravartinī.
The ascetics and ascetics who are elders. If they forget the Āchāraprakalpa due to special circumstances, they can ask questions about the Āchāraprakalpa in any state, whether they are asleep or sitting, and they can remember it again.
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"Jāṇa se ṇāṇi chheya sutthāṇi. Caraṇa karaṇāṇuogoti, kāliyatthe uvagayāī." - Āvaśyakanīyukti, 778 Nishīthabhāṣya 6190
Tivāsa pariyāe samaṇe nigganye prāyārakusale sañjama kusale pavayaṇa kusale paṇati kusale saṅgaha kusale uvaggaha kusale avayavāre abhinnāvāre asaṁ kilitthāyārachitte bahussuē babhāgame jahannēṇam śrāyāraprakappa dhare kappaī uvajzhāyatāe uddhisittie va vyavahāra 3.3
Niruddhavāsa pariyāe samaṇe nigganthē kappaī āyaria uppajjhāyatāe uddhisattae, samuccheyakappamsi. Tassa ṇam āyāraprakkapa sa dese vattie, se ya ahijjesāmitti ahijjesjā evaṁ se kappaī āyaria uvajzhāyatāe uddhisittie, se ya ahijjirasāmitti no mahijjesjā evaṁ se no kappaṛ sāmaria uvajzhāyatāe uddhisittie.
- Vyavahāra 3.10
Vyavahāra 515
Vyavahāra, 5317
Vyavahāra, 5.16
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