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APPENDIX I
IMPORTANT FAULTS GROUPED UNDER CATEGORIES OF PUNISHMENTS
(Mainly from the Byhatkalpa, the Vyavahāra and the Niśītha) (A) CHEYA:
(a) Pañcarāindiya cheya :
(1) If a monk has committed an offence, and without atoning for it, wishes to enter another gaṇa, and if he carries this into effect, he may-after having been punished with five days' suspension.
(B) CHEYA or PARIHARA : CHURCH AFFAIRS :
(1) If the successor appointed by an ācārya in ill-health be unfit for that office, and if inspite of the request of other monks he refuses to quit the office, then he has to undergo 'cheya' or 'parihāra'.2
(2)... Do... in the case of the person appointed by the ācāryopādhyāya who enters householdership. 3
(3) If the ācārya and the upādhyāya forget to confer final consecration (upasthāpanā) on the well-read monk for four or five days, then the ācārya and the upādhyāya have to undergo 'cheya' or 'parihāra'.4
(4) If the majority of monks wish to live separately, then they should do so only with the permission of the thera. Otherwise 'cheya' or 'parihāra'5
(5) If the head of a group of nuns dies in the tour, then they should appoint her immediate subordinate to that post, or merge themselves in a larger group. If they live without a head, then 'cheya' or 'parihāra'..
(6) If an unfit pravartini does not leave her office when requested to do so, then she has to undergo 'cheya' or 'parihāra'.?
1. Brh. Kalp. 5, 5. 2. Vav. 4, 13. 3. Ibid., 4, 14. 4. Ibid., 4, 16. 5. Ibid., 4, 19. 6. Ibid., 5, 11. 7. Ibid., 5, 13,
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