Pācittīyavagga

Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga (2) · Vol. 2 · Section 632

[632] "Whoever" (yo pana): whoever, of whatever sort … . "Bhikkhu": … . This is the bhikkhu intended in this sense. "Intentionally" (sañcicca): knowing, perceiving, having purposed and resolved upon it, he transgresses. "Living being" (pāṇa): a living being that is an animal is meant. "Should deprive of life" (jīvitā voropeyya): he cuts off the life faculty (jīvitindriya), brings it to a halt, destroys its continuity — an offense of pācittiya. [Note 1: the Maramma edition reads *vijjhitvā*.]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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