Religious Prayascittas according to old Jaina Ritual

Author(s): Collete Caillat
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but fear that the prescribed penance be too small as compared with the theoretically incurred prāyaścitta (apariņāmaka); again, some will go too far as regards the assimilation, and will misunderstand their judges' mercy (atipariņāmaka).21 All these peculiarities are summarized in the following table :
niravekkha
sävekkha
they are gacchaniggaya
(Cf. the superiors, who are gacchavasi)
3: jinakappiya
pärihariya (or parih.) ahālandiya
3 : ayariya
uvajjhāya bhikkhu
necessarily kayakarana
either kayakarana
or akayakaraņa
either thira
or a(t)thira
or agīyattha
either giyattha
= kadajogi = vasaha
= miga
is normally
pariņāmaka
either pariņāmaka or apariņāmaka or atipariņāmaka
is vikovida
either vikovida or akovida
The distinction between the gżyattha and agīyattha is particularly important. It helps to decide which penances are right for which individuals, and, on the other hand, it is taken into account when choosing the chiefs of the community and of its various units.
THE NIRAVEKKHAS. As for the gacchaniggayas, or niravekkhas, three classes are mentioned, in the following order : the jinakalpika (jiņakappiya), the pariharaviśuddhika or śuddhapăriharika (cf. amg. parihārakappa-tthiya or părihāriya), the yathalanda (-pratima) kalpika (ahālandiya). The parihāriya's status will be defined along with the atonement called parihāra (infra).
The jinakappiya follows the 'rule of the Jina" (jinakappa). Unlike
21 VavŢ II 58 b 6 f.