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mind and speech, and in iryāsamiti2 as also for lapses while away from the community and while visiting other party of saints.4
The transgression should be expressed and confessed before the guru avoiding the following ten defects ( doşas) 5 :
(i) Akampita doşa : The monk should avoid serving the Guru, or offering him things, with the object he may prescribe a milder type of prāyścitta. This is known as akampit adoșa.
(ii) Anuk ampita or anumānita doșa : To plead one's ill health so that the guru may prescribe a milder prāyścitta out of compassion is anukampita dosa. Or inferring guru attitude towards lesser punishment is anumānita doșa.7
(iii) Yaddısta : It means expressing only those faults which are perceived by others. 8
(iv) Bādara doşa : It means concealing minor faults, disclosing only major faults.'
(v) Sükşma doșa : It is just opposite of the previous fault. It means disclosing only minor faults and concealing major ones. 10
(vi) Channa dosa : If the monk asks prāyaścitta for a hypothetical case and then expresses his own fault, it is called channadoşa 11
(vii) sabdākulita doşa : If the monk expresses his faults indistinctly amidst great noise, it is called sabdākulita doşa.12
(viii) Bhūrisūri doșa : It results from asking many people regarding the propriety and authenticity of the prājascitta prescribed by the guru.13
1. Prāyaścittas amuccaya, 184. 2. Ibid., 185.
Ibid., 187. 4. Ibid., 188. 5 Pujyapāda and Bhatta Akalarka on Tattvārthas ütra, 9.22. 6. Bhagavati-Ārādhanā, 563. 7. Ibid., 569-573. 8. Ibid., 574 9. Ibid., 577. 10. Ibid., 581. 11. Bhagavatiārādhanā, 586. 12. Ibid., 590. 13. Ibid., 596.
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