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10. Pārānciya (pārāncika) whose precise meaning has been given as liñgādibhedam.
In this form of atonement, a monk who has been expelled from the order discards the robes of a monk for some time during which period he decries himself in public, and thereafter he is taken back in the order(40).
In the various commentaries of'the Niśiha, diverse and elaborate interpretations have been made of the various atonements that have been prescribed. The Nisiha Sutra prescribes atonements for a month and for four months. They are related to item 7 above entitled cheda. Thus in fulfilling atonement for a month, there is a compression of the state of monk hood by one month. Cheda atonement may be exchanged with the sixth item which is tapah. In that case, the monk instead of compressing the state of his monkhood, purifies himself by penance. Depending on the intensity of the lapse, a distinction has been drawn between light and heavy.
The Vinaya Pitaka identifies eight lapses as follows:
1. 4 lapses of a monk and 8 of a nun are prājika.
2. 13 laps es of a monk and 17 of a nun are sanghadidesa,
3.
2 lapses of a monk are aniyata.
4. 30 lapses of a monk and 30 of a nun are nissaggiya pācittiya.
5. 92 lapses of a monk and 166 of a nun are păcittiya.
6. 4 lapses of a monk and 8 of a nun are pāțidesani
ya.
7. 75 lapses of a monk and 75 lapses of a nun are sekhiya.
8. 7 laps es of a monk and 7 laps es of a nun are adhikarana sa matha.
