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Vinayapiṭaka · Mahāvagga (1) · Vol. 4 · Section 196

[196] Bhikkhus, here again, in a certain residence (āvāsa), on that uposatha day, several resident (āvāsika) bhikkhus assemble—four or more. They do not know: "Other resident bhikkhus are entering within the boundary (sīmā)" … They do not know: "Other resident bhikkhus have entered within the boundary" … They do not see other resident bhikkhus entering within the boundary … They do not see other resident bhikkhus who have entered within the boundary … They do not hear: "Other resident bhikkhus are entering within the boundary" … They do not hear: "Other resident bhikkhus have entered within the boundary" … Residents in relation to a resident … By the method of the one hundred and seventy-five triads (tika)—incoming (āgantuka) bhikkhus in relation to a resident, residents in relation to an incoming bhikkhu, incoming bhikkhus in relation to an incoming bhikkhu—by way of abbreviated repetition (peyyāla) there are seven hundred triads.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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