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त्रिकोटि (trikoTi)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
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tri-koṭi (f.), the three ‘alternatives’ (as in Skt., BR s.v. koṭi, 3) or classes (so Tib., rnam, Śikṣ 〔135 n. 2〕) or ways in which animals may have been killed, so that their flesh may be lawfully eaten (acc. to some): Laṅk 〔257.12—13〕 (cited Śikṣ 〔132.14—15〕) trikoṭi-śuddha- (v.l. °dhaṃ
Śikṣ kṣuddhaṃ!) māṃsaṃ vai akalpitam (not intended) ayācitam (not asked for), acoditaṃ (not instigated) ca naivāsti tasmān māṃsaṃ na bhakṣayet
acc. to gloss cited Śikṣ 〔135 note 2〕, the three (supposedly) unlawful kinds of killing are tad uddiśya hatam (killed specifically for this meal), svahatam, and hanyamānaṃ dṛṣṭam (seen by the prospective eater as it was being killed)
Śikṣ 〔135.2〕 trikoṭi-pariśuddha-bhakṣaṇe, in the eating of what is pure in respect to the three points
Laṅk 〔255.2〕 (cited Śikṣ 〔135.6〕) trikoṭiṃ baddhvā, restraining, suppressing (ruling out) the three points.