四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.465

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初中，《僧祇》：和尚受戒，十人之外；捨墮法，入五人僧攝。以懺主單白和僧，問僧許可，自不足數；至還財之時，是僧作法，還得足數；類同五人自恣中。《四分》無文。諸師：四人捨墮，第五所為，不入僧數；以律列四僧中不言，故知得用。若準通教，上解者非；五人受懺，始終無妨。餘如中卷〈懺聚法〉中。

In the first part, the Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya states: The upādhyāya conferring the precepts is outside the count of ten persons; in the rite of relinquishing a nissaggiya-pāyattika, he is included within the saṃgha of five persons. Because the penitent uses a single motion (jñapti) to bring the saṃgha into harmony and asks the saṃgha's permission, he himself is not sufficient to make up the number; when it comes time to return the property, this is the saṃgha performing the karman, and he can count toward the number again; this is analogous to the pravāraṇā among five persons. The Dharmaguptaka has no text on this. Various masters say: When four persons effect the relinquishment of a nissaggiya-pāyattika, the fifth person on whose behalf it is done does not count toward the saṃgha; since the Vinaya does not mention him among the four monks, we know this procedure is valid. If judged by the universal teaching, the above explanation is incorrect; when five persons receive the repentance, there is no obstacle from beginning to end. The rest is as in the middle fascicle, under "Procedures for Repenting Categories of Offenses."