Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.494
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.494
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Vavahāra ( Vyavahāra ). An Aṅgabāhira Kālia text.¹ It is divided into ten chapters. It deals with all types of rules of monastic conduct and various expiations. It also tells us about the prerequisites of an ācārya an upādhyāya and the like. Separate rules regarding the conduct of nuns have also been laid down in it. In the end of the tenth chapter a curriculum for monks has been prescribed. According to this curriculum the course of study for a novice lasts for twenty years. This text has been extracted from the Pacca khāṇappavāya, a Puvva text.² It has been on the other hand utilised for the composition of Gacchāyāra.³