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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
  • MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis

AdhikaraṇasamathaThe settling of legal issues

Ime kho panāyasmanto satta adhikaraṇasamathā dhammā uddesaṁ āgacchanti.“Venerables, these seven principles for the settling of legal issues come up for recitation.

Uppannuppannānaṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ samathāya vūpasamāyaFor the settling and resolving of legal issues whenever they arise there is:

sammukhāvinayo dātabbo,Resolution face-to-face to be applied;

sativinayo dātabbo,Resolution through recollection to be granted;

amūḷhavinayo dātabbo,Resolution because of past insanity to be granted;

paṭiññāya kāretabbaṁ,Acting according to what has been admitted;

yebhuyyasikā,
tassapāpiyyasikā → tassapāpiyasikā (bj: machasaṁ)
Majority decision;

tassapāpiyasikā,
tassapāpiyasikā → tassapāpiyyasikā (bj, pts1ed); tassa pāpiyasikā (sya1ed, sya2ed)
Further penalty;

tiṇavatthārakoti.Covering over as if with grass.

Uddiṭṭhā kho, āyasmanto, satta adhikaraṇasamathā dhammā.Venerables, the seven principles for the settling of legal issues have been recited. Tatthāyasmante pucchāmi—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?’ Parisuddhetthāyasmanto, tasmā tuṇhī, evametaṁ dhārayāmīti.You are pure in this and therefore silent. I will remember it thus.”

Adhikaraṇasamathā niṭṭhitā.
adhikaraṇasamathā → adhikaraṇasamathā dhammā (sya-all)
The seven principles for the settling of legal issues are finished.

Uddiṭṭhaṁ kho, āyasmanto, nidānaṁ;“Venerables, the introduction has been recited; uddiṭṭhā cattāro pārājikā dhammā;the four rules on expulsion have been recited; uddiṭṭhā terasa saṅghādisesā dhammā;the thirteen rules on suspension have been recited; uddiṭṭhā dve aniyatā dhammā;the two undetermined rules have been recited; uddiṭṭhā tiṁsa nissaggiyā pācittiyā dhammā;the thirty rules on relinquishment and confession have been recited; uddiṭṭhā dvenavuti pācittiyā dhammā;the ninety-two rules on confession have been recited; uddiṭṭhā cattāro pāṭidesanīyā dhammā;the four rules on acknowledgment have been recited; uddiṭṭhā sekhiyā dhammā;the rules of training have been recited; uddiṭṭhā satta adhikaraṇasamathā dhammā.the seven principles for the settling of legal issues have been recited. Ettakaṁ tassa bhagavato suttāgataṁ suttapariyāpannaṁ anvaddhamāsaṁ uddesaṁ āgacchati.
anvaddhamāsaṁ → anvaḍḍhamāsaṁ (sya-all)
This much has come down and is included in the Monastic Code of the Buddha and comes up for recitation every half-month.
Tattha sabbeheva samaggehi sammodamānehi avivadamānehi sikkhitabbanti.In regard to this everyone should train in unity, in concord, without dispute.”

Mahāvibhaṅgo niṭṭhito.
mahāvibhaṅgo → bhikkhuvibhaṅgo (bj) | bhikkhuvibhaṅgo → mahāvibhaṅgo (bj: machasaṁ)
The Great Analysis is finished.

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