Atthavasepakaraṇa

Vinayapiṭaka · Parivāra · Vol. 8 · Section 1015

[1015] First, the eight on the questions, and again eight on the conditions (paccaya); these sixteen pertaining to the bhikkhus, and sixteen pertaining to the bhikkhunīs; the Repetition Series (peyyāla), the Intermediate Divisions (antarābheda), and the Progressive Numbers (ekuttarika); the Invitation (pavāraṇā) and the Purposes (atthavasika) — this is the summary of the Mahāvagga. ___________________ #1 In the Burmese (M.) and European (Yu.) editions the word "iti" appears. The Verse Collection (Gāthāsaṅgaṇika)

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.