Sikkhāpada
Sikkhāpada,(nt.) [sikkhā+pada,the latter in sense of pada 3.Cp.BSk.śikṣāpada] set of precepts,“preceptorial,” code of training; instruction,precept,rule.-- 1.in general:D.I,63,146,250; M.I,33; A.I,63,235 sq.; II,14,250 sq.; III,113,262; IV,152,290 sq.; S.II,224; V,187; Vin.I,102; II,95,258; III,177; IV,141 (sahadhammika),143 (khudd’ânukhuddakāni); It.96,118; VbhA.69 (bhesajja°); DhA.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; Vbh.285 (expld in detail at VbhA.381 sq.); DhA.I,32 and passim.To these were added another 5,so as to make the whole list (the dasasikkhāpadaṁ 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-gītavādita-visūka-dassanā° to avoid worldly amusements; (8) mālā-gandha-vilepana-dhāraṇa-maṇḍana-vibhūsanaṭṭhānā° to use neither 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=Kh II.; A.I,211,and frequently.-- dasa-sikkhāpadikā (f.) 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.Mhvs 37,202.-- diyaḍḍha-sikkhāpada-sata the 150 precepts,i.e.the Pāṭimokkha A.I,230,234; Miln.243.(Page 708)