Book Title: Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study
Author(s): Nagaraj Muni
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers

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________________ 041 2. Padikka mana (pratikramana) whose precise means ing has been given as mithyā duşkrtań The monk desires himself that his fault may prove false, i. e., may cease. This form of atonement is performed by the monk himself without the help of any other monk or ācārya. 3. Tad -ubhayam, i.e., a combination of confession and pratikra mana. 4. Vivega (Viveka) whose precise meaning has been given as as'uddha bhaktyādi-tyāgaḥ. (The monk resolves to give up all prohibited acts called ādhākar ma like taking of impure prohibited food). 5. Viusagga (Vyutsarga or. Kāyotsarga). This atonement is performed with the help of meditation. Kayotsargu is a standing posture during the meditation during which the monk is supposed to lose his own body sense. 6. Tavah (tapas) whose precise meaning has been given as nirvikrtikādi.. (The monk is not to take milk, curd, etc., and to perform other penances). 7. Cheya (cheda) whose precise meaning has been given as pravrajyā-parayāya hrasvikaranam. (This literally means shortening the stage of monkhood. By this compression, a monk who is junior in initiation may rise in seniority). 8. Mula whose precise meaning has been given as punardiksā or reinitiation. 9. Anavatthappā (anāvasthāpya) whose precise meaning has been given as krta -tapaso' vratāro panam. After a penance is performed, a concluding vrata or vow is to be added.

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