[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804) › 3.27 # 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.27 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.3.27) 四量是非。《四分》云：安陀會，長四肘廣二肘；欝多羅僧，長五肘廣三肘；僧伽梨亦爾。然此下衣極成窄小，當取通文。律言：量腹而食，度身而衣，取足而已。準此無定量，任時進不。雖爾，亦須楷準，故《十》、《祇》中，各立三品之量。今準《薩婆多》：中三衣長五肘廣三肘，若極大者長六肘廣三肘半，若極小者長四肘廣二肘半者，並如法。若過、若減，成受持，以可截續故。鉢若過、減，不成受，不可截續故。若過量外應說淨，不者犯捨墮（說時應在受後，以法衣外者為長）。《五分》：肘量長短不定，佛令隨身分量，不必依肘。 > 4. Correctness and incorrectness of measurements. The Dharmaguptaka Vinaya states: "The antarvāsaka is four cubits long and two cubits wide; the uttarāsaṅga is five cubits long and three cubits wide; the saṃghāṭī is likewise." However, this lower robe turns out to be extremely narrow and small; one should take the general text of the Vinaya. The Vinaya states: "Measure the belly and eat; measure the body and dress; taking just enough is sufficient." According to this, there is no fixed measurement; it allows for adjustment according to the occasion. Even so, there must still be a standard; hence in the Daśādhyāya-vinaya and Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya, three grades of measurement are respectively established. Now, according to the Sarvāstivāda-vinaya-vibhāṣā: if the medium three robes are five cubits long and three cubits wide, the maximum size is six cubits long and three and a half cubits wide, and the minimum size is four cubits long and two and a half cubits wide, they all accord with the Dharma. If they exceed or fall short, taking and keeping them is still valid, because they can be cut or pieced together. As for the bowl, if it exceeds or falls short, receiving it is invalid, because it cannot be cut or pieced together. If it exceeds the measurement, one should perform purification through declaration (śuddhi); if not, one commits a niḥsargika-pāyattika offense (the declaration should be done after receiving, because what is outside the Dharma robe is considered an extra robe). The Pañcavargika-vinaya states: "The length of a cubit is indeterminate; the Buddha instructed that it should accord with the proportions of one's body, not necessarily conforming to the standard cubit." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.3.26) - [Next: 3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.3.28) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804~en-mt.3.27) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛制比丘六物圖](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1900.1.29) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.3.27) · Pramāṇa