The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c10.22

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Among the different reasons for which a monk leaves his gaṇa, we also find his wish for performing an egalla-paḍimā (also Ṭhāṇ. 171a), i.e. one of the ascetic exercises to be described in § 157. With Vav. 1, 25-27 where his return to the old gaṇa is settled, there are connected (1, 28-32) similar regulations regarding his temporary withdrawal owing to his wish for seclusion, though acc. to Dasav. 12, 10, this wish must not be granted for a time longer than one year. Here as well as elsewhere (a.o. Viy. 501a, in the Nis. not before 4, 28-37) the monks are called pāsattha, ahacchanda, osanna, kusīla, nitiya, and saṃsatta.¹ These names express different kinds of displeasure and spiritual weakness. We also find the cases of an undisciplined "escape" (ohāvai, ohāṇa, Vav. 1, 33; 2, 25; 3, 18-22; 4, 14; Dasav. 11 beg.), i.e. of a monk's return to civil life.