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CHAPTER V
ĀCĀRANGA II
Acārāng Il- in its chapters 1 and 2- treats the problems of monastic discipline in a considerably systematic and detailed fashion - this ia contr. ast not only to the old Credasūtias Kalpa and Vyayahāra which deal with these problems in a rather summary fashion but also to the relatively late Chadasūtra Niśitha whose treatment of these problems though detailed is yet upsystematic. As a matter of fact, in spite of much material being common to both Nisi'ha and Ācārānga II the latter is to be regarded as a relatively late composition precisely in view of its relatively systematic form. (The cases are not rare where more than one canonical text contain the same material and the question of chronological relationship between them has to be settled by applying all sorts of criteria) From this standpoint it should be advisable to examine in some details the contents of the chapters in question of Acārāoga II.
Here chapter one is divided into seven sections, each further divided into sub-sections; this as follows :1. Section 1 (with 11 subsections) takes up the problem of procuring
food (pindaişanā) 2. Section 2 (with 3 subsections) takes up the problem of procuring
shelter (sayyaişanā) 3. Section 3 (with 3 subsections) takes up the problem of moving
about (Irya) Section 4 (with 2 subsections) takes up the problem of employ
ment of speech (bhāṣā) 5. Section 5 (with 2 subsections) takes up the problem of procuring
(clothes vastraişanā) 6. Section 6 (with 2 subsections) takes up the problem of procuring
bowl (pätraişana)
Section 7 (with 2 subsections) takes up the problem of procuring
miscellaneous requirements available at a place (avagrahaişana) Similarly, chapter two is divided into seven sections and as follows: '. Section 1 takes up the problem of procuring place for bodily
posturing (sthāna) Section 2 takes up the problem of procuring a place for study (niśīthika)
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