[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) › [尼羯磨](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810) › 3.73 # 尼羯磨 3.73 尼羯磨 3.73 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810.3.73) 第一念：（謂知日數，月之大小、黑白。稱云：）此月大（月小稱小），白月一日乃至十五日。（黑月應云：）黑月一日乃至十四、十五日。（西方本制，月有黑白，白月純大，黑有小大；此土立法，以三十日為月。故作念者，通知大小，即應此方立其月法；別言黑白一二日等，復順西方本制月日。） > First recollection: (meaning knowing the count of days, whether the month is long or short, dark or bright. One proclaims:) "This month is long" (if the month is short, proclaim short), "from the first day to the fifteenth day of the bright fortnight." (In the dark fortnight, one should say:) "from the first day to the fourteenth or fifteenth day of the dark fortnight." (According to the original system of the Western Regions, months have dark and bright fortnights; the bright fortnight is always long, while the dark has short and long. In the system established in this land, thirty days constitute a month. Therefore, when making the recollection, by knowing long and short in general, one conforms to the calendar system established in this region; and by specifically stating the first or second day of the dark or bright fortnight, one also accords with the original system of months and days of the Western Regions.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810.3.72) - [Next: 3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810.3.74) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810~en-mt.3.73) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [僧羯磨](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1809.3.101) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810.3.73) · Pramāṇa