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II, 3, 7. UPOSATHA CEREMONY, AND PÂTIMOKKHA. 245
'Evard på parisâ' (an assembly like this): this refers to the assembly of Bhikkhus.
'Yâvatatiyam anussâvitam hoti' (it has been solemnly proclaimed three times): it has been solemnly proclaimed once, and the second time, and the third time.
Saramâno' (remembering it): knowing it, being conscious of it.
Santi âpatti' (an existing offence): an offence which has been committed, or which has been committed and not been atoned for.
'Nâvikareyya :' he does not show it, he does not unveil it, he does not make it evident, he does not declare it before the Samgha, or before a small chapter, or before one person.
7. 'Sampagâ namusâvâd'assa hoti' (he commits an intentional falsehood): what is intentional falsehood ? It is a sin '.
'Antarâyiko dhammo vutto bhagavata' (it has been declared an impediment by the Blessed One): an impediment to what ? An impediment to the attainment of the first Ghâna, an impediment to the attainment of the second ... third ... fourth Ghâna, an impediment to the attainment of the Ghânas, Vimokkhas ?, Samâdhis (states of self-concentration), Samâpattis (the eight attainments of the four Ghầnas and four of the eight Vimokkhas),
1 The Pali text has 'dukkata. We cannot interpret here dukkala in the technical sense of a dukkata offence (see the Introduction, p. xxiv), for intentional falsehood belongs to the class of the p kittiya offences, among which it occupies the first place.
See the note on I, 78, 5.
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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 |