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Pācittiya (adjective) [most likely prāk + citta + ika, i.e. of the nature of directing one's mind upon, cf. pabbhāra = *prāg + bhāra. So explained also by S. Lévi JAs X 20, page 506. Geiger, Pāli Grammar §27, note 1 inclines to etymology prāyaś + cittaka] requiring expiation, expiatory Vin I 172, {404} 176; II 242, 306 f.; IV 1 f., 258 f.; A II 242 (dhamma); Vism 22. — It is also the name of one of the books of the Vinaya (ed. Oldenberg, vol. IV). See on term Vinaya Texts I 18, 32, 245.
(nt, nt) (vinaya) offence requiring confession
(adj, adj) (vinaya) related to an offence requiring confession