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ASCETICISM ASCETICS
19, 72-4, 80; 49 (i), 71 sq.; Devadatta causes a schisin in the Samgha by demanding stricter rules of a. which Buddha rejects, 20, 252 sq.; never extolled in the Saddharmapundarika, 21, xxxvii; pârivrâgya, the state of the wandering mendicant, enjoined by sacred law, 34, lxxv; 38, 295-303; enjoined by the side of learning and childlike state, 34, lxxvi; 38, 322-7. See also Ascetics, and Austerity. Ascetics (Sannyasins, Bhikslius, Pârivrâgakas, Munis, wandering mendicants).
(a) Rules for a.
(6) Laws concerning a. (c) Different kinds of a. (d) Life and state of a.
(a) RULES FOR A.
Rules for Sannyasins or a., 2, 153 sq., 193 sq.; 7, 279-91; 8, 212, 362-8; 14, 46-9, 259 sq., 279-84; 25, 205-16; he who has no aversion and no desire is an ascetic, 8, 63; must not earn anything, 8, 363; eight observances of a., 8, 364; the outward signs of a. do not purify a mortal who has not overcome desires, 10 (i), 38 sq.; (ii), 41 sq.; the Paribbâgakas of different sects had assen.blies on the 14th, 15th, and 8th day of each halfmonth, 13, 239 sq.; the a. of different sects retire in the rainy season, in order not to destroy life, 13, 298; an ascetic who rejects meat at sacrifices or funeral meals goes to hell, 14, 54; an ascetic who slides back into civil life cannot reach heaven, 14, 237, 237 n.; hermits may become a., 14, 273 sq.; ceremonies on entering the order of a., 14, 273-9; befcre becoming an a, a n.an must first perform the duties of the other âsramas, 15, 300; he who does not touch the objects of the senses is an a., 15, 315; garments of bark, phalaka cloth, hair, skins, feathers worn by a., 17, 246 sq.; meditations of a., 25, lxix, 209-13, 211 n.; receive food at Srâddhas, 25, 120; food fit for a., 25, 177; not to follow worldly pursuits, 25, 208, 208 1.; three staves
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meditation only is prescribed for a., not action, 34, lxxv; 38, 295-303, 306; a. who have broken their vows of chastity, 34, lxxvi; 38, 317-20; Muniship enjoined for a. as a means of knowledge, 38, 322-4; the a. is to live not manifesting himself, 38, 325-7.
(b) LAWS CONCERNING A.
Food of those who have become a. without the rules of the law, forbidden, 2, 69; law regarding female a., 7, xxiv, 135; 25, 317, 317 n.; offence of entertaining a. at sacrifices, 7, 34; exempt from f.re or toll, 7, 36; 49 (i), 170; debts of a. to be discharged by sons or grandsons, 7, 45; an apostate from asceticism becomes the king's slave, 7, 37; 33, 135 n, 136 sq.; cannot be witnesses, 7, 48; alms to be given to a., 7, 192-4; 25, 92, 92 n.; 29, 320; must not be offended, 25, 154; eldest brother deprived of his share in estate by becoming an a., 25, 376 n.; 33, 195; sexual intercourse with female a., a kind of incest, 33, xvii, 17, 180 n.; ordeals should not be administered to a, 33, 101, 260; when the husband has become an ascetic, the wife may marry another man, 33, 185; punishment for a. who violate the duties of their order, 33, 265; judicial proccedings for a., 33, 281. (c) DIFFERENT KINDS OF A.
Naked a., 2, 154; 10 (i), 38 s. n.; 11, 126 sq.; 17, 217 sq., 220, 245 sq.; 36, 308 sq. n.; some a. go with matted hair and skins, others are clean-shaven and without covering, 8, 375; discontented are some pabbagitas, 10 (ii), 7; different kinds of a., 13, 41 n.; Gatilas, Brahmanical a. wearing matted hair, 13, 118-35, 118 n., 136, 141, 190 sq.; 17, 130, 132, 134 1.; Sramanas and Tâpasas, 15, 169; four kinds of a., 15, 266 sq. n.; false a. condemned, 15, 341; a. who live on the remains of offered food, 17, 71; a. who live like deer, 19, 72 sq.; 49 (i), 70, 70 n., 72; certain a. wear nothing except what they can procure from dust heaps or cemeteries, 20, 89; the
worn by a., 25, 395, 485, 485 m.; vows of Brahmanic, Buddhist, and
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