Gaina sutras

SR No.: 020334
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hermann Jacobi
Publisher: Clarendon Perss
Publication Year: 1884
Total Pages: 385
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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ÂKÂRÂNGA SÚTRA.
wife, &c., clean, wash, or sprinkle each other's body with cold or hot water; for it is not fit, &c. (10)
A monk or a nun should not use for religious postures, &c., a lodging where the householder or his wife, &c., go about naked or hide themselves, or talk about sexual pleasures, or discuss a secret plan; for it is not fit, &c. (11)
A monk or a nun should not use for religious postures, &c., a lodging which is a much-frequented playground?; for it is not fit, &c. (12)
1. Ifa monk or a nun wish to beg for a couch, they should not accept one which they recognise full of eggs, living beings, &c. (13)
2. If the couch is free from eggs, living beings, but is heavy, they should not accept such a couch. (14)
3. If the couch is free from eggs, living beings, light, but not movable, they should not accept such a couch. (15)
4. If the couch is free from eggs, living beings, &c., light, movable, but not well tied, they should not accept such a couch (16)
5. If the couch is free from eggs, living beings, light, movable, and well tied, they may accept such a couch. (17)
For the avoidance of these occasions to sin there are four rules, according to which the mendicant should beg for a couch.
? Âinnasamlekkham. I am not certain whether I have found the correct meaning.
? In the first case, there would be samyamavirâdhanâ, or obstruction to control ; in the second, atmavirâdhanâ, injury to him who lifts the couch ; in the third, tatparityâga; in the fourth, bandhanâ dipalimantha, friction of the ropes. The word which I have translated movable is padih âriya pratihâruka. The translation is conjectural.