The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c10.18

c10.18

² The "pushing with the finger" (aṅgulipatodaka) relates to the offence noted in Pâtimokkha. Patimokkha: Pâcittiya 52. Acc. to the explanation given in Suttavibhaṅga it consists in this, that every one touches the body of every one else in order to make him laugh. Cf. Vinaya Piṭaka ed. by H. Oldenberg, Vol. 3, p. 84 ; Vol. 4, p. 110 sq.