Bhikkhunivibhaṅga
The Nuns’ Analysis
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Kāyasaṁsaggaṁ sādiyanapaccayā kati āpattiyo āpajjati?
As a result of consenting to physical contact, how many kinds of offenses does one commit?
Avassutā bhikkhunī avassutassa purisapuggalassa adhakkhakaṁ ubbhajāṇumaṇḍalaṁ gahaṇaṁ sādiyati, āpatti pārājikassa;
when a lustful nun consents to a lustful man taking hold of her anywhere below the collar bone but above the knees, she commits an offense entailing expulsion;
bhikkhu kāyena kāyaṁ āmasati, āpatti saṅghādisesassa;
when a monk makes physical contact, body with body, he commits an offense entailing suspension;
kāyena kāyapaṭibaddhaṁ āmasati, āpatti thullaccayassa;
when, with one’s own body, one makes physical contact with something connected to their body, one commits a serious offense;
kāyapaṭibaddhena kāyapaṭibaddhaṁ āmasati, āpatti dukkaṭassa;
when, with something connected to one’s own body, one makes physical contact with something connected to their body, one commits an offense of wrong conduct;
kāyasaṁsaggaṁ sādiyanapaccayā imā pañca āpattiyo āpajjati.
Tā āpattiyo catunnaṁ vipattīnaṁ kati vipattiyo bhajanti?
When it comes to these offenses, to how many of the four kinds of failure do they belong?
Sattannaṁ āpattikkhandhānaṁ katihi āpattikkhandhehi saṅgahitā?
In how many of the seven classes of offenses are they found?
Channaṁ āpattisamuṭṭhānānaṁ katihi samuṭṭhānehi samuṭṭhanti?
Through how many of the six kinds of originations of offenses do they originate?
Catunnaṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ katamaṁ adhikaraṇaṁ?
To which of the four kinds of legal issues do they belong?
Sattannaṁ samathānaṁ katihi samathehi sammanti?
Through how many of the seven principles for settling legal issues are they settled?
siyā sīlavipattiṁ, siyā ācāravipattiṁ.
they may be failure in morality; they may be failure in conduct.
Sattannaṁ āpattikkhandhānaṁ pañcahi āpattikkhandhehi saṅgahitā—
They are found in five classes of offenses:
siyā pārājikāpattikkhandhena, siyā saṅghādisesāpattikkhandhena, siyā thullaccayāpattikkhandhena, siyā pācittiyāpattikkhandhena, siyā dukkaṭāpattikkhandhena.
they may be in the class of offenses entailing expulsion; they may be in the class of offenses entailing suspension; they may be in the class of serious offenses; they may be in the class of offenses entailing confession; they may be in the class of offenses of wrong conduct.
siyā sammukhāvinayena ca paṭiññātakaraṇena ca, siyā sammukhāvinayena ca tiṇavatthārakena ca …pe….
they may be settled by resolution face-to-face and by acting according to what has been admitted; or they may be settled by resolution face-to-face and by covering over as if with grass. …
Dadhiṁ viññāpetvā bhuñjanapaccayā kati āpattiyo āpajjati?
As a result of asking for curd and then eating it, how many kinds of offenses does she commit?
“Bhuñjissāmī”ti paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa;
when she receives it with the intention of eating it, she commits an offense of wrong conduct;
ajjhohāre ajjhohāre āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa—
for every mouthful swallowed, she commits an offense entailing acknowledgment.
dadhiṁ viññāpetvā bhuñjanapaccayā imā dve āpattiyo āpajjati.
Tā āpattiyo catunnaṁ vipattīnaṁ kati vipattiyo bhajanti?
When it comes to these offenses, to how many of the four kinds of failure do they belong?
Sattannaṁ āpattikkhandhānaṁ katihi āpattikkhandhehi saṅgahitā?
In how many of the seven classes of offenses are they found?
Channaṁ āpattisamuṭṭhānānaṁ katihi samuṭṭhānehi samuṭṭhanti?
Through how many of the six kinds of originations of offenses do they originate?
Catunnaṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ katamaṁ adhikaraṇaṁ?
To which of the four kinds of legal issues do they belong?
Sattannaṁ samathānaṁ katihi samathehi sammanti?
Through how many of the seven principles for settling legal issues are they settled?
Sattannaṁ āpattikkhandhānaṁ dvīhi āpattikkhandhehi saṅgahitā—
They are found in two classes of offenses:
siyā pāṭidesanīyāpattikkhandhena, siyā dukkaṭāpattikkhandhena.
they may be in the class of offenses entailing acknowledgment; they may be in the class of offenses of wrong conduct.
siyā sammukhāvinayena ca paṭiññātakaraṇena ca, siyā sammukhāvinayena ca tiṇavatthārakena cāti.
they may be settled by resolution face-to-face and by acting according to what has been admitted; or they may be settled by resolution face-to-face and by covering over as if with grass.
Samuccayavāro niṭṭhito aṭṭhamo.
The summary of the previous six sections, the eighth, is finished.
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Bhikkhunivibhaṅge soḷasa mahāvārā niṭṭhitā.
The sixteen great sections of the Nuns’ Analysis are finished.