The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c10.4

c10.4

All that a good monk practises or from what he abstains (*samācāra*) adds up to the *sāmāyārī*. In its special sense, however, the word applies to 10 deportments² of a monk referred to by Thāṇ. 499a; Viy. 920b; 102 b; Utt. 26, 1-7; Āv. 7; they comprise the compliance with a wish, the admission of one's being guilty (§ 159), assent (*icchā-kāra, micchā-k., taha-kk.*), formulae for either leaving or entering (*āvassiyā*, *nisihiyā*, § 151), a request for instructions as well as for confirmation—either a question concerning oneself and someone else (*āpucchaṇā*, *paḍipucchaṇā*), placing something at somebody's disposal and giving a promise (*chandaṇā* and *nimantaṇā*), and, finally, entering upon a new novitiate (*uvasampayā*). For *nimantaṇā* we also have *abbhuṭṭhāṇa*=service.