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पाराजिक (pArAjika)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
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pārājika, f. °kā, adj. (= Pali id.
on etym. see Lévi, JA. Nov.—Dec. 1912, 〔505 f.〕, who assumes Pktic form for *pārācika, from parāc-, parāñc-, plus -ika
as Lévi notes, Pali comms. connect with parā-jayati
so also Northern Buddhists must sometimes have taken it, since Bbh uses pārājayika, q.v., which may be only a hyper-Sktism, see Wogihara, Lex. 〔34〕
Lévi notes AMg. pārañciya as supporting his view, suggesting derivation from Skt. parāñc-
a mysterious Skt. pārañcika, acc. to Schmidt, Nachträge, Bruch, Verletzung, occurs in Kauṭ. Arth., 〔195.16〕 in Sham.¹, hastapāda-°kaṃ vā kurvataḥ, or of one causing injury(?) to hands or feet
neither Meyer, 〔307.11〕 and note 4, nor Gaṇapati, who glosses by parāñcikam anyathābhāvaṃ saṃdhivighaṭanam iti yāvad, can offer any real explanation of the word, but it looks startlingly like the AMg. form), involving expulsion from the order of monks
of the utmost gravity (of a sin): catvāraḥ °kā dharmāḥ Mvy 〔8358〕
the four are listed 〔8364—7〕 as unchastity, stealing, taking life, and falsely claiming superhuman powers (uttaramanuṣyadharma-pralāpa, see s.v. uttari)
the same four in Pali (for the last, uttarimanussadhammaṃ …) Vin. 〔iii.1 ff.〕
°kā dharmāḥ Prāt 〔476.7〕
°Kenā dharmeṇanudhvaṃsayet 〔481.6〕, should accuse falsely of a pār° offense
f., without [Page342-b] noun (sc. vipatti or āpatti), amūlikayā °jikayā MSV 〔iii.109.21〕
āpat pārājikā Śikṣ 〔66.16〕, a pār° offense
said of the person guilty of such an offense, deserving of expulsion, °ko bhavati Prāt 〔477.1, 5〕
〔478.5〕
similarly Śikṣ 〔143.7〕
(bhikṣuṇī …) °jikā Bhīk 〔28b.1〕
in Śikṣ 〔59.12〕 read parājitaḥ, with same phrase in 〔60.12, 61.3〕, instead of text pārājikaḥ, cf. Bendall and Rouse 〔p. 61 note 3〕. Cf. also next.