The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1782 page)
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r
jika-dhamma
.
rjika-dhamma.
The four most serious offences against the Buddhist monastic code of discipline (
pr
timok
a
), the penalty for which is lifelong expulsion from the Order (
sa
gha
). They are
pr
timoka), the penalty for which is lifelong expulsion from the Order (
sa
gha). They are
(i) sexual intercourse,
(ii) serious theft,
(iii) murder, and (iv) falsely claiming to have attained supernatural powers.
Parak
ya
(woman, one outside ordinary bounds):
ya(woman, one outside ordinary bounds):
Paramaha
sa
sa(Skt., ‘highest flyer’). The highest of four categories of Hindu ascetics seeking
mok
a
; also the followers of a school derived from
a
kara.
mok
a; also the followers of a school derived from
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