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# Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.s3.4

Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.s3.4

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### [v1.c19.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.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

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