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padisevaņā ya samcaya āruvana anuggahe ya bodhavde anughāya niravasesam käsiņam puna cha-vviham hoi
(vah Bh 1, 385=Nis BK 6-616); the first is when there is no call for punishing an offence other than the initial one; the second is för 180 months; the third is for six months, the fourth is complete with remis. sion" (anugraha-krisna); the fifth is "complete without abatement" (anud ghata-k.); the sixth is."as it stands". Among all these varieties, only
the last counts exactly the duration incurred, neither more nor less, (T. 179 III 37 a). The commentaries give details of the fifth, and especially of the fourth.
The refusal of abatement bears normally on the time (duration): the “heavy" months take effect immediately after the sentence; the "light" ones, shortly afterwards (ibid 37 a 10) Other authorities distinguish three “heavy" varieties. "They would refuse the abatement to bear on the time (season), on the mortification, or on both of these factors together. Then the period chosen is a difficult season (the summer, etc.) - an aggravation of the penance that the Vah Bh seems to repudiate (cf. T IV 80 b supra 173). Heavy mortification would consist in fasting for three and a half days or from the announcement of the verdict.' The "complete" "total" of the penance is doubly heavy if the religious is made to bear the weigħt of both time and mortification.
The commentaries explain how, in the fourth type of ärovaņā the complete amount of the penancc is reduced through indulgence (Vav Bh 1, 311=Nis Bh 6,549, Vah Bh 1, 387=Nis Bh 6 618). They study the case of the religious who is .equally gifted for mortification and 'for "service" (ubhaya-tara).
A - remission is granted, when the offender, in-bis confession, .condemos. bis fault "ha.duşthu kệtam" ity, adi; or when he is known to be morally or physically weak. (dhrti-samhananābhyām durbalam vijñāya), If he persists in his fault, if his confession is vitiated by passion of hatred, or. if he is robust, no clemency is shown (T III 37 b).
Remission works in the following way: a religious has incurred two consecutive six monthly “isolations”. If he is granted clemency, he will In reality carry out only six months. Two cases present themselves.
- First case: out of the first six montbs, six days have already been observed when the religious commits an offence which necessitates a penance of six months. The five months 24 days which remain on account of the initial penance are cancelled : pūrvam prasthāpita-şanmāsānām pañca māsāś catur-vimšatir dināś cá jhoşyante, Ţ III 7 a 1). It is indeed admitted that the six months initially incurred are contained in the first 1. To mention it implies likewise the "complete" "addition", "without remission"
niranugraha-krisna (cf. infra).
