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59. Ovādūpasaṅkamanasikkhāpada

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थेरवादthe·ra·vā·da विनयvi·na·ya

Theravāda Vinaya

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law
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भिक्खुनिविभङ्गbhik·khu·ni·vi·bhaṅ·ga

Bhikkhunivibhaṅga

The Nuns’ Analysis
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पाचित्तियकण्डpā·cit·ti·ya·kaṇ·ḍa

Pācittiyakaṇḍa

The chapter on offenses entailing confession
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आरामवग्गā·rā·ma·vag·ga

Ārāmavagga

The subchapter on monasteries
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59। ओवादूपसङ्कमनसिक्खापदo·vā·dū·pa·saṅ·ka·ma·na·sik·khā·pa·da

59. Ovādūpasaṅkamanasikkhāpada

Not seeking the instruction
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Origin story
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तेनte·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na बुद्धोbud·dho भगवाbha·ga·vā सावत्थियंsā·vat·thi·yaṃ विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti जेतवनेje·ta·va·ne अनाथपिण्डिकस्सa·nā·tha·piṇ·ḍi·kas·sa आरामे।ā·rā·me

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.
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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na भिक्खुनियोbhik·khu·ni·yo उपोसथम्पिu·po·sa·tham·pi नna पुच्छन्तिpuc·chan·ti ओवादम्पिo·vā·dam·pi नna याचन्ति।yā·can·ti

Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo uposathampi na pucchanti ovādampi na yācanti.

At that time the nuns did not enquire about the observance day nor ask for the instruction.
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भिक्खूbhik·khū उज्झायन्तिuj·jhā·yan·ti खिय्यन्तिkhiy·yan·ti विपाचेन्ति—vi·pā·cen·ti

Bhikkhū ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—

The monks complained and criticized them,
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“कथञ्हिka·thañ·hi नामnā·ma भिक्खुनियोbhik·khu·ni·yo उपोसथम्पिu·po·sa·tham·pi नna पुच्छिस्सन्तिpuc·chis·san·ti ओवादम्पिo·vā·dam·pi नna याचिस्सन्ती”तिyā·cis·san·tī …पे…pe

“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo uposathampi na pucchissanti ovādampi na yācissantī”ti …pe…

“How can the nuns not enquire about the observance day nor ask for the instruction?” …
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“सच्चंsac·caṃ किर,ki·ra भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुनियोbhik·khu·ni·yo उपोसथम्पिu·po·sa·tham·pi नna पुच्छन्तिpuc·chan·ti ओवादम्पिo·vā·dam·pi नna याचन्ती”ति?yā·can·tī

“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo uposathampi na pucchanti ovādampi na yācantī”ti?

“Is it true, monks, that the nuns don’t do this?”
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“सच्चं,sac·caṃ भगवा”ति।bha·ga·vā

“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.

“It’s true, sir.”
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विगरहिvi·ga·ra·hi बुद्धोbud·dho भगवाbha·ga·vā …पे…pe

Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…

The Buddha rebuked them …
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कथञ्हिka·thañ·hi नाम,nā·ma भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुनियोbhik·khu·ni·yo उपोसथम्पिu·po·sa·tham·pi नna पुच्छिस्सन्तिpuc·chis·san·ti ओवादम्पिo·vā·dam·pi नna याचिस्सन्ति।yā·cis·san·ti

kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo uposathampi na pucchissanti ovādampi na yācissanti.

“How can the nuns not do this?
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नेतं,ne·taṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अप्पसन्नानंap·pa·san·nā·naṃ वाvā पसादायpa·sā·dā·ya …पे…pe

Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…

This will affect people’s confidence …” …
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एवञ्चe·vañ·ca पन,pa·na भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुनियोbhik·khu·ni·yo इमंi·maṃ सिक्खापदंsik·khā·pa·daṃ उद्दिसन्तु—ud·di·san·tu

evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—

“And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:
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Final ruling
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“अन्वद्धमासंan·vad·dha·mā·saṃ भिक्खुनियाbhik·khu·ni·yā भिक्खुसङ्घतोbhik·khu·saṅ·gha·to द्वेdve धम्माdham·mā पच्चासीसितब्बा—उपोसथपुच्छकञ्चpac·cā·sī·si·tab·bā ओवादूपसङ्कमनञ्च।o·vā·dū·pa·saṅ·ka·ma·nañ·ca तंtaṃ अतिक्कामेन्तियाa·tik·kā·men·ti·yā पाचित्तियन्”ति।pā·cit·ti·yan

“Anvaddhamāsaṁ bhikkhuniyā bhikkhusaṅghato dve dhammā paccāsīsitabbā—uposathapucchakañca ovādūpasaṅkamanañca. Taṁ atikkāmentiyā pācittiyan”ti.

‘Every half-month a nun should seek two things from the Sangha of monks: asking it about the observance day and going to it for the instruction. If she lets the half-month pass, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”
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Definitions
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अन्वद्धमासन्तिan·vad·dha·mā·san·ti

Anvaddhamāsanti

Every half-month:
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अनुपोसथिकं।a·nu·po·sa·thi·kaṃ

anuposathikaṁ.

every observance day.
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उपोसथोu·po·sa·tho नामnā·ma

Uposatho nāma

The observance day:
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द्वेdve उपोसथा—u·po·sa·thā चातुद्दसिकोcā·tud·da·si·ko चca पन्नरसिकोpan·na·ra·si·ko च।ca

dve uposathā— cātuddasiko ca pannarasiko ca.

there are two observance days: the fourteenth and the fifteenth day of the lunar half-month.
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ओवादोo·vā·do नामnā·ma

Ovādo nāma

The instruction:
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अट्ठaṭ·ṭha गरुधम्मा।ga·ru·dham·mā

aṭṭha garudhammā.

the eight important principles.
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“उपोसथम्पिu·po·sa·tham·pi नna पुच्छिस्सामिpuc·chis·sā·mi ओवादम्पिo·vā·dam·pi नna याचिस्सामी”तिyā·cis·sā·mī धुरंdhu·raṃ निक्खित्तमत्तेnik·khit·ta·mat·te आपत्तिā·pat·ti पाचित्तियस्स।pā·cit·ti·yas·sa

“Uposathampi na pucchissāmi ovādampi na yācissāmī”ti dhuraṁ nikkhittamatte āpatti pācittiyassa.

If she thinks, “I won’t enquire about the observance day, nor ask for the instruction,” then by the mere fact of abandoning her duty, she commits an offense entailing confession.
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Non-offenses
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अनापत्ति—a·nā·pat·ti

Anāpatti—

There is no offense:
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सतिsa·ti अन्तराये,an·ta·rā·ye

sati antarāye,

if there is an obstacle;
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परियेसित्वाpa·ri·ye·sit·vā दुतियिकंdu·ti·yi·kaṃ भिक्खुनिंbhik·khu·niṃ नna लभति,la·bha·ti

pariyesitvā dutiyikaṁ bhikkhuniṁ na labhati,

if she searches for a companion nun, but does not find one;
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गिलानाय,gi·lā·nā·ya

gilānāya,

if she is sick;
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आपदासु,ā·pa·dā·su

āpadāsu,

if there is an emergency;
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उम्मत्तिकाय,um·mat·ti·kā·ya

ummattikāya,

if she is insane;
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आदिकम्मिकायाति।ā·di·kam·mi·kā·yā·ti

ādikammikāyāti.

if she is the first offender.
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नवमसिक्खापदंna·va·ma·sik·khā·pa·daṃ निट्ठितं।niṭ·ṭhi·taṃ

Navamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

The ninth training rule is finished.

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.