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Note:Translations, dictionaries and commentaries were not made by the Blessed One.Cross-check with Pali in 4 main nikayas.

  • Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
  • BhikkhunivibhaṅgaThe Nuns’ Analysis
  • PācittiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on offenses entailing confession
  • ChattupāhanavaggaThe subchapter on sunshades and sandals

96. AsaṅkaccikasikkhāpadaNot wearing a chest wrap

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, Tena kho pana samayena aññatarā bhikkhunī asaṅkaccikā gāmaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.
asaṅkaccikā → asaṅkacchikā (sya-all, pts1ed) | asaṅkaccikā → asaṁkacchikā (pts) | asaṅkaccikā → asaṅka cārikā (bj: syā) | asaṅkaccikā → asaṅkacchikā (cck: syā.)
a nun had gone to the village for alms without wearing her chest wrap.
Tassā rathikāya vātamaṇḍalikā saṅghāṭiyo ukkhipiṁsu.
rathikāya → rathiyāya (sya-all, pts)
While she was walking along a street, a whirlwind lifted up her upper robes.
Manussā ukkuṭṭhiṁ akaṁsu—People shouted out, “sundarā ayyāya thanudarā”ti.
thanudarāti → thanūdarāti (bj); thanudaroti (sya-all); tanutaro ti (pts) | sundarā → sundaro (sya-all, pts) | thanūdarāti → sundaro ayyāya thanudaroti (bj: sīmu) | thanudaroti → sundarā ayyāya tanutaroti. ma. sundarā ayyāya thanutaroti (sya-all: yu.) | tanutaro → tanūtaro A, thanutarā B. (pts note)
“She has beautiful breasts and belly!”
Sā bhikkhunī tehi manussehi uppaṇḍiyamānā maṅku ahosi.
tehi → (sya-all, pts) | uppaṇḍiyamānā → upphaṇḍiyamānā (sya-all)
Because she was teased by those people, she felt humiliated.

Atha kho sā bhikkhunī upassayaṁ gantvā bhikkhunīnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesi.After returning to the nunnery, she told the nuns what had happened. Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
khiyyanti → khīyanti (bj, sya-all)
The nuns of few desires complained and criticized her,
“kathañhi nāma bhikkhunī asaṅkaccikā gāmaṁ pavisissatī”ti …pe…
asaṅkaccikā → asaṅkacchikā (sya-all, pts)
“How could a nun enter an inhabited area without wearing her chest wrap?” …
“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhunī asaṅkaccikā gāmaṁ pāvisī”ti?
asaṅkaccikā → asaṅkacchikā (sya-all) | pāvisīti → pavisatīti (sya-all) | bhikkhunī asaṅkaccikā gāmaṁ → (pts) | pavisatīti → pāvisīti (sya-all: yu. ma.)
“Is it true, monks, that a nun did this?”

“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.“It’s true, sir.”

Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…The Buddha rebuked her … kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhunī asaṅkaccikā gāmaṁ pavisissati.
asaṅkaccikā → asaṅkacchikā (sya-all) | bhikkhunī asaṅkaccikā gāmaṁ → (pts)
“How could a nun do this?
Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…This will affect people’s confidence …” … evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—“And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:

“Yā pana bhikkhunī asaṅkaccikā gāmaṁ paviseyya, pācittiyan”ti.
asaṅkaccikā → asaṅkacchikā (sya-all, pts1ed) | asaṅkaccikā → asaṁkacchikā (pts) | asaṅkaccikā → asaṅkacchikā (cck: syā.)
‘If a nun enters an inhabited area without wearing her chest wrap, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”

Yā panātiA:
yā yādisā …pe…whoever …
bhikkhunītiNun:
…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.… The nun who has been given the full ordination in unanimity by both Sanghas through a legal procedure consisting of one motion and three announcements that is irreversible and fit to stand—this sort of nun is meant in this case.
Asaṅkaccikāti
asaṅkaccikāti → asaṅkacchikāti (sya-all, pts)
Without wearing her chest wrap:
vinā saṅkaccikaṁ.
saṅkaccikaṁ saṅkaccikaṁ → saṅkacchikaṁ saṅkacchikaṁ (sya-all, pts)
not wearing her chest wrap.
Saṅkaccikaṁ nāma
saṅkaccikaṁ → saṅkaccikā (bj) | nāma → saṁkacchikaṁ nāma (bj: machasaṁ)
Chest wrap:
adhakkhakaṁ ubbhanābhi, tassa paṭicchādanatthāya.
tassa → tassa A, tassā B. (pts note)
it is for the purpose of concealing the body below the collar bone and above the navel.
Gāmaṁ paviseyyātiEnters an inhabited area:
parikkhittassa gāmassa parikkhepaṁ atikkāmentiyā āpatti pācittiyassa.
atikkāmentiyā → atikkamantiyā (sya-all) | atikkamantiyā → atikkāmentiyā (sya-all: yu. ma.)
if she crosses the boundary of an enclosed inhabited area, she commits an offense entailing confession.
Aparikkhittassa gāmassa upacāraṁ okkamantiyā āpatti pācittiyassa.If she enters the vicinity of an unenclosed inhabited area, she commits an offense entailing confession.

Anāpatti—There is no offense: acchinnacīvarikāya,if her robe is stolen; naṭṭhacīvarikāya,if her robe is lost; gilānāya,if she is sick; assatiyā,if she is not mindful; ajānantiyā,if she does not know; āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; ummattikāya,if she is insane; ādikammikāyāti.if she is the first offender.

Terasamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The thirteenth training rule is finished.

Chattupāhanavaggo navamo.The ninth subchapter on sunshades and sandals is finished.

Dhammikavagga

Nandasikkhāpada
Nandasikkhāpada → pli-tv-bu-vb-pc1 [Pācittiyā 1: Musāvādasikkhāpada] (1:50)

Uddiṭṭhā kho, ayyāyo, chasaṭṭhisatā pācittiyā dhammā.
dhammā → BUDDHAGHOSA: uddiṭṭhā kho ayyāyo chasaṭṭhisatā pācittiyā dhammā 'ti ettha sabbān'; eva bhikkhunīnaṁ khuddakesu chanavuti bhikkhūnaṁ dvenavutīti aṭṭhāsītisatasikkhāpadāni, tato sakalaṁ bhikkhunīvaggaṁ paraṁparabhojanaṁ anatiri- ttabhojanaṁ anatirittena abhihaṭṭhuṁ pavāraṇaṁ paṇītabho- janaviññattiṁ acelakasikkhāpadaṁ duṭṭhullapaṭicchādanaṁ ūnavīsativassūpasaṁpādanaṁ mātugāmena saddhiṁ saṁvi- dhāya addhānagamanaṁ rājantepurapavesanaṁ santaṁ bhi- kkhuṁ anāpucchā vikāle gāmapavesanaṁ nisīdanaṁ vassi- kasāṭikan ti imāni dvāvīsatisikkhāpadāni apanetvā sesāni satañ ca chasaṭṭhi ca sikkhāpadāni pātimokkhuddesamaggena uddiṭṭhāni hontīti veditabbāni. (pts note)
“Venerables, the one hundred and sixty-six rules on confession have been recited.
Tatthāyyāyo pucchāmi—
tatthāyyāyo → tatthayyāyo (sya-all, pts)
In regard to this I ask you,
“kaccittha parisuddhā”?‘Are you pure in this?’ Dutiyampi pucchāmi—A second time I ask, “kaccittha parisuddhā”?‘Are you pure in this?’ Tatiyampi pucchāmi—A third time I ask, “kaccittha parisuddhā”?‘Are you pure in this?’ Parisuddhetthāyyāyo, tasmā tuṇhī, evametaṁ dhārayāmīti.
parisuddhetthāyyāyo → parisuddhetthayyāyo (sya-all, pts)
You are pure in this and therefore silent. I will remember it thus.”

Khuddakaṁ samattaṁ.The section on minor rules has been completed.

Bhikkhunivibhaṅge pācittiyakaṇḍaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The chapter on offenses entailing confession in the Nuns’ Analysis is finished.

(…)
(…) → bj potthake tassuddānañca vagguddānañca

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