Studies in Buddhist and Jaina Monachism

Author(s): Nand Kishor Prasad
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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STUDIES IN BUDDHIST AND JAINA MONACHISM
Though meal for the Order, food for appointed persons, invitations, food allotted by tickets, fortnightly meals, food served on the uposatha days and on the first day of each fortnight-together called as atirekalabha i. e. extra-allowances)', were allowed to the Buddhist monks, yet a monk in health was not allowed
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(a) to take more than one meal at a public rest-house (avasathapinda);
(b) to take meal with persons more than three together (ganabhojana), except in cases of gift, preparation of robes, journey on foot or by boat, great influx of monks and general invitation;8
(c) to enjoy meal in turn (paramparabhojana), except on the occasions of gift and preparation of robes;4
(d) to accept food with his own hand in families declared laydevotees under discipline (sekhasammaṭānikulāni);"
(e) to enjoy food at his own house (ajjhārame) without previous notice, even though he was a forest dweller; and
(f) to accept a standing invitation pertaining to requisites for more than a period of four months, if not invited again'.
It may however be noted that the remaining forty-two faults pertaining to preparation (uggama) and acquisition of food (esana) by the Jaina monks were peculiarly their own. It would not be out of place to point out that the nature of some of these faults were directly opposed to some of the aforesaid rules of the Buddhists. These faults, respectively sixteen and ten in number", were incurred by accepting food-which involved injury to living beings, prepared purposely for a
1. MV, 1. 22. 73, p. 55.
2. PM, 5. 31.
3. Ibid, 5. 32.
4. PM, 5.33.
5. Ibid, 6.3.
6. Ibid, 6 4.
7. Ibid, 6 47.
8. ähäkammuddesiya puikamme ya misajãe yal thavana pahudiyae pioara kiya pămicce//
pariyattie abhihade ubhinne malohade ya/
acchijje anisatthe ajjhoyarae ya solasame// Pind N, 92-93, p.34. samkiya makkhiya nikkhitta pihiya sähariya dayagummise/
aparinaya litta chaddiya esan adosā dasa havanti// Pind N, 520, p. 147a.
9. Ayar (SBE Vol. XXII), 2.1.9 (p. 111).