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DASAVEĀLIYA SUTTA
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vowel of परम is archaic. तसकाओ [Sk. त्रसकायः] The group known by the name 'trasa'. The word 72 is derived from the root 7 to feel, to be nervous, and refers to such living organisms as have the capacity to feel. It appears that the term 7 is here used for the last group, as opposed to the term स्थावर used for the first five groups. The तत्वार्थाधिगमसूत्र ( II. 13, 14) takes the earth and water organisms as well as vegetable kingdom as स्थावर and the rest viz. तेजसू , वायु and beings possessed of two to five senses as 77.
3 [Sk. qus] The word is to be understood in the general sense of smashing, beating or troubling. The order of the prophet is 'इच्चेसिं...न समणुजाणेज्जा' prohibiting a monk from giving any sort of trouble to any living being himself or through others or by consenting to others' giv. ing the trouble. Consequently, the monk is to make a solemn declaration before his preceptor in the words “Flautaig...alTTIÊ" undertaking not to cause trouble to living beings by mind, by word or by body in any of the three ways mentioned above, viz. by himself, by others or by consent to others. He further declares that in case he errs, he would do the short ceremony for it, would censure himself for it privately and publicly and would take himself away from it. This very thing is the First Great Vow, the solemn acceptance of which by the monk before his preceptor is described in the words that follow:
JCH HE...Aui. Quari (Sk. IMGYd-gigellana) injury to any limbs or senses. The words अइवाइज्जा, अइवायाविज्जा and YHÜGITU STI should rather have been 3759171h, 375911igh, and समणुजाणामि. The word समणुजाणामि, however, is found in many manuscripts at this place and the subsequent places, and consequently, it has been adopted in the text. The Five Great Vows mentioned here exactly correspond to the 'yamas' or self-restraints metioned in the Yoga Philosophy. cf. “BREHTECTED aniqraa THT: ” (TASREET II-30 ).
