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MAHAVAGGA.
IX, 3, 4.
kammavâkâs and does not propose a ñatti, such an act is unlawful.
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4. If one performs, O Bhikkhus, a nattikatuttha act with one atti and does not proclaim a kammavâkâ, such an act is unlawful. If one performs, O Bhikkhus, a nattikatuttha act with two (.... three, . . . . four) mattis and does not proclaim a kammavâkâ, such an act is unlawful. If one performs, O Bhikkhus, a ñattikatuttha act with one kammavâkâ (.... with two, . . . . three, . . . . four kammavâkâs) and does not propose a ñatti, such an act is unlawful. Such acts, O Bhikkhus, are called unlawful acts.
5. 'And which, O Bhikkhus, is an act of an incomplete congregation?
'If, O Bhikkhus, at a ñattidutiya act not all Bhikkhus, as many as are entitled to vote, are present, if the khanda1 of those who have to declare their khanda has not been conveyed (to the assembly), and if the Bhikkhus present protest, such an act is performed by an incomplete congregation.
'If, O Bhikkhus, at a ñattidutiya act as many Bhikkhus as are entitled to vote, are present, but if the khanda of those who have to declare their khanda has not been conveyed (to the assembly), and if the Bhikkhus present protest, such an act is performed by an incomplete congregation.
'If, O Bhikkhus, at a ñattidutiya act as many Bhikkhus as are entitled to vote, are present, if the khanda of those who have to declare their khanda has been conveyed, but if the Bhikkhus present protest, such an act is performed by an incomplete congregation.
1 See II, 23.
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| SR No. | 007684 |
| Book Title | Vinaya Texts |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2523 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 47 MB |