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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.1207

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.1207

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### [v1.c9.1207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1207)

2. \*\*Upāli Sutta.\*\*—Upāli Thera visits the Buddha and asks him for what purpose the various precepts have been laid down for disciples and why the \*pātimokkha\* has been recited? For ten purposes, says the Buddha, and proceeds to enumerate them. Similarly, ten reasons are given which justify the suspension of the \*pātimokkha\*.¹

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