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S. B. DEO
"The ācāryatva of such persons is useless as that of a kundikä in the case of a parivrājaka. Just as the kundikä even though worshipped and saluted by the parivrājaka fails to answer to his questions, so also the false. ācāryas are of no avail.
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"The pupils also hurry up (towards the ācārya), the ācāryas are also pleased quickly. Therefore, the world is virtually filled with such halfinstructed goblins!"20
Various prayaścittas were given to those who selected an unfit ācārya as well as to those who accepted such a post.
If he, who had not studied or had studied but forgotten the Chedasutras, was appointed the head of the gaccha, then
(a) he who appointed him had to undergo 'catvāro bhārikä mäsäḥ'; (b) he who accepted such a post had to face 'catvāro māsā gurukāḥ'; (c) if the post was given to an 'abahuśruta' and 'agitärtha,' then he who had appointed such a person had to face 'catvāro guravaḥ; (d) do....but a gītärtha......then 'caturguravaḥ';
(e) .... do.... 'bahuśruta' but 'agītārtha'....then 'caturguravaḥ';
(f) one who was 'abahuśruta' and 'agitartha' and accepted the post, then 'caturgurukāḥ');
(g)
(h)
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....do....'abahuśruta' but 'gitärtha'....'caturgurukäḥ';
do....bahuśruta' and 'agitärtha'....'caturgurukāḥ'.
The Upadhyaya:
The duties of the upadhyāya consisting chiefly of giving instructions to young monks (sūtrapradātā) in the lessons of the sacred texts, seemed to have remained unchanged.
The Abhiseka:
He is explained as being one who knew both the meaning and the reading of the sutras, and was deemed fit for the post of an ācārya (ācāryapadasthapanärhaḥ).31 Sometimes, he was equated with the upadhyaya,32
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29. Ibid. Vol. I, 373-75. 30. Ibid. Vol. I, 703-04. 31. Ibid. Vol. IV, 4336. 32. Ibid, III, 2405, 2411.
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