Studies in Buddhist and Jaina Monachism

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

Page 238

THE LAWS OF POLITY
217
atone for it or to renounce a false or sinful doctrine, this measure was carried out. The guiity monk was denied association with the resident monks in all possible ways.
It is to be noted that the procedure adopted in all the cases was the same which may be summed up as below:
First, the guilty monk was to be warned (codetabbo), then reminded of the Patimokkha rule which he was infringing (säretabbo) and then charged with the offence incurred by him (āpattim aropetabbo). This was followed by the ñatti, 'so and so was guilty of such and such an offence' and the request for taking necessary steps, announced thrice before the Saigha. The guilty monk was given an opportunity to defend himself or to confess his guilt before finally inflicting the penalty on him.
The penalty which consisted of debarring the guilty monk from conferring Upasampodā, giving nissaya to a monk, taking a sā manera, taking part in any ecclesiastical act, etc , was the same in all cases, except in the Ulkhepaniyakamma in which the guilty person was denied even association with his co-monks and the privileges like receiving salutations, courtesies, services, etc, from other monks and so on and so forth. The penalty continued for an indefinite period. It was revoked when the monk sub poena requested for it to the Sarigha.
Other rules as regards the number of valid and invalid acts, Sangha's choice to proceed against a guilty person revocable and unrevocable cases were almost the same for all acts. The following table contains the number of the same :
No. of No. of San- Restri. Unre- Re- Persons on unlawful lawful gha's ctions voca- voca- whome inacts. acts. choice. impoble ble. flicted.
sed.
12
Lou:
Tajj-K 12
.8 18 18 Panduka,
Lohitaka. Niss K.
18 18 18 Seyyasaka. Pabb-K. 12
18 13 18 Assaji,
Punabbasuka. Pați-K 12 12 4 18 18 18 Sud hamma. Ap. Ad. · Ukk.-K.
3 Channa. Ap. Ad. Ukk.-K. 12 12 6 43 43 43 Channa. Pa, Ap. Ukk.-K. 12
43 43 43 Arittha. 1. For reference to the informations of this sub-section vide CV, chapters
1 to 3; EBM; pp. 165ff; EMB, pp. 298-304.