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The legal issues to which each offense belongs

Adhikaraṇavāra

Relates the Vinaya rules to the four classes of legal procedure.

Translated by Bhikkhu Brahmali · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1ParivāraThe Compendium
  • 0.2BhikkhunivibhaṅgaThe Nuns’ Analysis
  • 0.3PaṭhamabhāgaPart one

0.42.6 AdhikaraṇavāraThe legal issues to which each offense belongs

1.1Avassutāya bhikkhuniyā avassutassa purisapuggalassa kāyasaṁsaggaṁ sādiyantiyā āpattiyo catunnaṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ katamaṁ adhikaraṇaṁ?When it comes to the offenses for a lustful nun consenting to a lustful man making physical contact with her, to which of the four kinds of legal issues do they belong?1.2Avassutāya bhikkhuniyā avassutassa purisapuggalassa kāyasaṁsaggaṁ sādiyantiyā āpattiyo catunnaṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ—āpattādhikaraṇaṁ …pe….They belong to legal issues arising from an offense. …

2.1Dadhiṁ viññāpetvā bhuñjantiyā āpattiyo catunnaṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ katamaṁ adhikaraṇaṁ?When it comes to the offenses for asking for curd and then eating it, to which of the four kinds of legal issues do they belong?2.2Dadhiṁ viññāpetvā bhuñjantiyā āpattiyo catunnaṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ—āpattādhikaraṇaṁ.They belong to legal issues arising from an offense.

3.1Adhikaraṇavāro niṭṭhito chaṭṭho.The legal issues to which each offense belongs, the sixth, are finished.