尼羯磨 1.30

1.30

Procedure for establishing a māḷaka (If karman matters arise involving four, or five, ten, or twenty persons, and the great assembly frequently gathering therein becomes utterly exhausted: the Buddha permitted establishing a māḷaka, designating markers of a small sīmā on the four sides—whether by setting stakes, or stones, or boundaries to serve as the limits. When establishing it therein, set three tiers of signposts: the innermost tier is the markers of the māḷaka; the middle tier is the inner markers of the mahāsīmā, which must not merge with or adjoin the māḷaka markers, leaving an interval between them; the outermost tier is the outer markers of the mahāsīmā. First proclaim the māḷaka markers and establish it; the manner of proclamation is as above. It should be performed thus:)