Vinaya
Vinaya,[fr.vi+nī,cp.vineti] 1.driving out,abolishing destruction,removal Vin.I,3 (asmi-mānassa),235= III,3 (akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ vinayāya dhammaṁ desemi); S.I,40; Sn.921; A.I,91 (kodha°,upanāha°); II,34 (pipāsa°); IV,15 (icchā°); V,165 (id.); SnA 12; PvA.114 (atthassa mūlaṁ nikati°).Often in phrase rāga°, dosa°, moha°,e.g.S.IV,7 sq.; V,137 sq.241; A.IV,175; Nett 22.-- 2.rule (in logic),way of saying or judging,sense,terminology (cp.iminā nayena) S.IV,95 (ariyassa vinaye vuccati loko); A.I,163 (ariyassa vinaye tevijjo one called a threefold wise in the nomenclature of the Buddhist); II,166 (ariyassa v.); SnA 403.-- 3.norm of conduct,ethics,morality,good behaviour Sn.916,974; J.IV,241 (=ācāra-vinaya C.); A.II,112; III,353 sq.(ariya-vinaye saddhā yassa patiṭṭhitā etc.faith established in Buddhist ethics).-- 4.code of ethics,monastic discipline,rule,rules of morality or of canon law.In this sense applied to the large collection of rules which grew up in the monastic life and habits of the bhikkhus and which form the ecclesiastical introduction to the “Dhamma,” the “doctrine,” or theoretical,philosophical part of the Buddhist Canon.The history & importance of the Vinaya Piṭaka will be dealt with under the title “Vinaya” in the Dictionary of Names.Only a few refs.must suffice here to give a general idea.See also under Dhamma C.and in detail Geiger,Dhamma pp.55--58.-- Often combd with dhamma:dhammato vinayato ca on the ground of Dh.and V.Vin.I,337; cp.II.247.-- dhammo ca vinayo ca Vin.I,356; II,285,302; or (as (Dvandva) dhammavinaya (i.e.the teaching of the Buddha in its completeness) D.I,229; Vin.II,237 sq.; M.I,284; II,181 sq.; A.I,283; III,297,327; S.I,9; III,65; Ud.53; VvA.3.Often approaches the meaning of “Buddhist order,” e.g.Vin.I,69; D.I,176; M.I,68,459,480; III,127; S.II,120; A.I,185; II,123; V,122.-- See further Vin.II,96 (vinaye cheko hoti); A.II,168 (ayaṁ dhammo,ayaṁ v.idaṁ Satthu-sāsanaṁ); Vism.522; VbhA.273; KhA 106,151; SnA 4,195,310.--a-vinaya one who sins against the V.(like a-dhamma one who neglects the Dh.) Vin.II,295 sq.; III,174; A.I,18; V,73 sq.-- The division of the books of the Vinaya is given at DhsA.18.Its character (as shown by its name) is given in the foll.verse at DhsA.19:“(vividha-visesa-) nayattā vinayanato c’eva kāya-vācānaṁ vinayy’attha-vidūhi ayaṁ vinayo Vinayo ti akkhāto,” i.e.“Because it shows precepts & principles,and governs both deed and word,therefore men call this scripture V.for so is V.interpreted” (Expos.I.23).
--aṭṭhakathā the (old) commentary on the Vinaya Vism.72,272; VbhA.334; KhA 97.--ânuggaha taking up (i.e.following the rules) of the Vinaya Vin.III,21; A.I,98,100; V,70.--kathā exposition of the Vinaya Vin.IV,142.--dhara one who knows or masters the V.by heart,an expert in the V.Vin.I,169; II,299 (with dhamma-dhara & mātikā-dhara); A.I,25; II,147; III,78 sq.179,361; IV,140 sq.; V,10 sq.; J.III,486; IV,219; Vism.41,72; KhA 151; DhA.II,30 (with dhamma --kathika & dhuta-vāda) [cp.BSk.vinayadhara Divy 21].--piṭaka the V.Piṭaka KhA1 2,97; VbhA.431.--vatthu chapter of the V.Vin.II,307.--vādin one who professes the V.(or “speaking in accordance with the rules of conduct”),a V.-follower D.I,4 (here expld by Bdhgh as “saṁvara-vinaya-pahāna-vinaya sannissitaṁ katvā vadatī ti” v.DA.I,76,thus taking it as vinaya 3) =M.III,49=Pug.58 (trsln here:“speaking according to self-control”); D.III,135,175.(Page 623)