0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
0.4KhambhakatavaggaThe subchapter on hands on hips

0.521. KhambhakatasikkhāpadaHands on hips

1.0Origin story

1.1Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.1.2Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū khambhakatā antaraghare gacchanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six put their hands on their hips while walking in inhabited areas. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Na khambhakato antaraghare gamissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not put my hands on my hips while walking in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4PTS 4.189Na khambhakatena antaraghare gantabbaṁ.One should not put one’s hands on one’s hips while walking in an inhabited area.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca ekato vā ubhato vā khambhaṁ katvā antaraghare gacchati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, puts one or both hands on his hips while walking in an inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

1.6.0Non-offenses

1.6.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:1.7.1asañcicca …pe…if it is unintentional; 1.7.2if he is not mindful; 1.7.3if he does not know; 1.7.4if he is sick; 1.7.5if there is an emergency; 1.7.6if he is insane; 1.8ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.9Paṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The first training rule is finished.