Cittāgāravaggasikkhābada

Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga · Vol. 3 · Section 312

[312] "Whatever" (yā pana) means: whoever, of whatever sort … "Bhikkhunī" means: … this is the bhikkhunī intended in this sense. "Householder" (āgārika) means: anyone who inhabits a house. "Wanderer" (paribbājaka) means: anyone who has taken up the wanderer's life, excepting a bhikkhu and a novice (sāmaṇera). "Female wanderer" (paribbājikā) means: any woman who has taken up the female wanderer's life, excepting a bhikkhunī, a trainee nun (sikkhamānā), and a female novice (sāmaṇerī). "Food to be chewed" (khādanīya) means: excepting the five foods, water, and tooth-wood, the remainder is called food to be chewed. "Food to be eaten" (bhojanīya) means: the five foods — boiled rice, porridge (kummāsa), barley meal (sattu), fish, and meat. "Should give" means: she gives with the body, or with something connected to the body, or by releasing [it from her hand]: an offence of pācittiya. She gives water or tooth-wood: an offence of dukkaṭa.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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