佛說目連問戒律中五百輕重事經 1.176

1.176

問：「亡比丘物，都不打揵槌、不羯磨而分，犯何事？」答：「界裏一人以上，盡得打揵槌羯磨。若不羯磨而打揵槌亦不羯磨，盡犯棄。所以爾者，亡比丘物，盡屬四方僧故，不得輒分。若界外五人以上，得羯磨分不打揵槌，以無界故。四人以下，不得羯磨分，若分犯棄。當齎詣僧中，若自取齎去至異眾，初入界不犯，出則犯棄。如是復至餘眾，一出界一犯棄。弟子持師物去亦爾。」

Question: "If the property of a deceased bhikṣu is divided without striking the ghaṇṭā at all and without a karmavācanā, what offense is committed?"
Answer: "Within the sīmā, if there is one person or more, they must strike the ghaṇṭā and perform the karmavācanā. If they strike the ghaṇṭā without performing the karmavācanā, or if they do not perform the karmavācanā at all, all incur a pārājika. Why is this? Because the property of a deceased bhikṣu entirely belongs to the saṃgha of the four quarters; therefore it cannot be divided arbitrarily. Outside the sīmā, if there are five people or more, they may divide it by karmavācanā without striking the ghaṇṭā, because there is no sīmā. If there are four people or fewer, they may not divide it by karmavācanā; if they divide it, they incur a pārājika. They must carry it to the saṃgha. If one takes it himself and carries it away to a different community, entering the sīmā initially incurs no offense, but leaving it incurs a pārājika. In this way, when going to yet other communities, each time one leaves a sīmā, one incurs a pārājika. The same applies if a disciple takes his teacher's property away."