Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.s3.4

v1.c19.s3.4

Persons suffering from any of the five diseases, viz., leprosy (*kuṭṭhaṃ*), boils (*gaṇḍo*), dry leprosy (*kilāso*), consumption (*soso*), and fits (*apamāro*) were debarred from admission into the Saṅgha. Other persons who were excluded from admission into the Saṅgha were (a) *rājabhaṭo* (men in royal service), *dhajabaddho coro* (declared thieves), *kārābhedako coro* (jail-breaker), *likhitako coro*, (proclaimed robber), *kasāhaṭo kaṭadaṇḍakammo* (scourged offender), *lakkhaṇāhaṭo* (branded thief), *iṇāyiko* (debtor), *dāso* (slave), a matricide, a patricide, an arhantacide, one who has violated a nun, one who has caused a schism, one who has shed Buddha’s blood, a eunuch, a hermophrodite, an animal in human form, one whose hand or feet or both have been severed and one who has furtively joined the Saṅgha.³