Yāvattiyakasikkhābada

Vinayapiṭaka · Parivāra · Vol. 8 · Section 1023

[1023] How many are the rules involving cutting (chedanaka)? How many involving breaking (bhedanaka)? How many involving tearing open (uddālanaka)? How many are the pācittiyas admitting no alternative (anaññapācittiya)? How many are the agreements to be given by bhikkhus (bhikkhusammati)? How many are the proper observances (sāmīci)? How many are the rules stating "at most" (parama)? How many were laid down with the word "knowing" (jānanti) by the Buddha, the Kinsman of the Sun (ādiccabandhu)? Six are the rules involving cutting; one involves breaking; one involves tearing open; four are the pācittiyas admitting no alternative; four are the agreements to be given by bhikkhus; seven are the proper observances; fourteen are the rules stating "at most"; sixteen were laid down with the word "knowing" by the Buddha, the Kinsman of the Sun.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.