neuter
precept
a precept; a religious rule
Sikkhāpada (neuter) [sikkhā + pada, the latter in sense of pada 3. Cf. BHS śikṣāpada] set of precepts, code of training; instruction, precept, rule. 1. in general: D I 63, 146, 250; M I 33; A I 63, 235 f.; II 14, 250 f.; III 113, 262; IV 152, 290 f.; S II 224; V 187; Vin I 102; II 95, 258; III 177; IV 141 (sahadhammika), 143 (khuddānukhuddakāni); It 96, 118; Vibh-a 69 (bhesajja°); Dhp-a III 16. 2. in special: the 5 (or 10) rules of morality, or the precepts to be adopted in particular by one who is entering the Buddhist community either as a layman or an initiate. There seem to have been only 5 rules at first, which are the same as the first 5 sīlas (see sīla 2 b): S II 167; Vibh 285 (explained in detail at Vibh-a 381 f. ); Dhp-a I 32 and passim . These were added another 5, so as to make the whole list (the dasa-sikkhāpadaṃ or °padāni) one of 10 (which are not the 10 sīlas!). These are (6) vikāla-bhojanā (-veramaṇī) not eating at the wrong hour; (7) nacca-gīta-vādita-visūka-dassanā° to avoid worldly amusements; (8) mālā-gandha-vilepana-dhāraṇa-maṇḍana-vibhūsanaṭṭhānā° to use neither {638} unguents nor ornaments; (9) uccā-sayana-mahā-sayanā° not to sleep on a high, big bed; (10) jātarūpa-rajata-paṭiggahaṇā° not to accept any gold or silver: Vin I 83 = Khp II ; A I 211, and frequently. — dasa-sikkhāpadikā (feminine) conforming to the 10 obligations (of a nun) Vin IV 343 (= sāmaṇerī). There is nowhere any mention of the 8 sikkhāpadas as such, but they are called aṭṭhaṅgika uposatha (see sīla 2b), e.g. Mhv 37, 202. — diyaḍḍha-sikkhāpada-sata the 150 precepts, i.e. the Pāṭimokkha A I 230, 234; Miln 243.
(nt, nt, comp) precept; instruction; training rule precept, religious rule Construction: sikkhā + pada