Dhuta
Dhuta，（& Dhūta） [cp．Sk．dhuta & dhūta，pp．of dhunāti] 1．shaken，moved Dāvs.V，49 （vāta°）．-- 2．lit．“shaken off，” but always expld in the commentaries as “one who shakes off” either cvil dispositions （kilese），or obstacles to spiritual progress （vāra，nīvaraṇa）．The word is rare．In one constantly repeated passage （Vin.I，45=305=II.2=III，21=IV.213） it is an adj．opposed to kosajja lazy，remiss； and means either scrupulous or punctilious．At D.I，5 it is used of a pain．At Sn.385 we are told of a dhutadhamma，meaning a scrupulous way of life，first for a bhikkhu，then for a layman．This poem omits all higher doctrine and confines itself to scrupulousness as regards minor，elementary matters．Cp．Vism.61 for a defn of dhuta.
--aṅga a set of practices leading to the state of or appropriate to a dhuta，that is to a scrupulous person First occurs in a title suffixed to a passage in the Parivāra deprecating such practices．The passage occurs twice （Vin.V，131，193），but the title，probably later than the text，is added only to the 2nd of the two．The passage gives a list of 13 such practices，each of them an ascetic practice not enjoined in the Vinaya．The 13 are also discussed at Vism.59 sq．The Milinda devotes a whole book （chap．VI，） to the glorification of these 13 dhutaṅgas，but there is no evidence that they were ever widely adopted．Some are deprecated at M.I，282，& examples of one or other of them are given at Vin.III，15； Bu I.59； J.III，342； IV，8； Miln.133，348，351； Vism.59 （°kathā），65 （°cora），72 （id.），80 （defn）； SnA 494； DhA.I，68； II，32 （dhūtaṅga）； IV，30．Nd1 188 says that 8 of them are desirable．--dhara mindful of punctiliousness Miln.342 （āraññaka dh．jhāyin）．--vata the vow to perform the dhutaṅgas DhA VI，165．--vāda one who inculcates punctiliousness S.II，156； A.I，23； Miln.380； Vism.80； ThA.69； DhA.II，30．--vādin= °vāda J.I，130．（Page 342）