Karmavācanā

Gandhāra, Kharoṣṭhī ∙ BC 7

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Based on Strauch 2026 (not yet published).

A

śayanāsanagrāhaka, motion

§ A.1
rr1 [I eṣa] ñati kaṭavo ∙ ṣuṇadu bhate saṃgho sayi sa[ṃghasa] pratakalo kṣamaḏi añae saṃgha[sa]{ṃ} [i](th)[u](ṇa)r2(m)[o ya] bhikhu saṃmaṃñea ∙ ya imasvi ava[s̱]e śayas̱aṇo [gra]hiśati eṣ̱a ñati ∙
This motion is to be made. Venerables, let the saṅgha listen. If the present time pleases the saṅgha, [it] should approve by the authority of the saṅgha the monk N.N. [as the person] who will allot lodging in this residential district. This is the motion.

proclamation

§ A.2
ṣuṇadu bhate saṃgho [sa]ṃ[gh]o [i](thuṇamo ya) r3 [bhi]khu [saṃma](ṃ)[ñaḏi] (ya) [i](ma)[s]v[i] avas̱e [śayas̱aṇ]o grahiśati yasa aśpataṇa kṣamaḏi [saṃgh]e[ṇa ith](u)[ṇamasa] (bhikhu)r4[sa] saṃmuḏie ya imasvi avas̱e śayas̱aṇo grahiśati so tuṣ̄i yasa ṇa kṣamaḏi so bhaṣ̱ad[u •]
Venerables, let the saṅgha listen. The saṅgha approves the monk N.N. [as the person] who will allot lodging in this residential district. Whoever of the Venerables is pleased by the approval of the monk N.N. by the saṅgha [as the person] who will allot lodging in this residential district, [should be] silent. Whoever is not pleased, should speak.

decision

§ A.3
[saṃmaḏo] r5 ithuṇamo ya bhikh(u) ya [imas](v)[i avas̱]e [śayas̱a]ṇo gra[hiśati kṣa]maḏi ya saṃghasa tasva tuṣ̄i .. r6 [ith]u ami amamatiasa kaṭavo ithu [ami a] + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + r7 ? ñatidudiakarmo kaṭavo ⊗ u[e]cha[ṇiae ña](tiamo) + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
The monk who will allot lodging in this residential district is approved and he pleases the saṅgha. Therefore [it] is silent. In this way it is to be made for the amamatia. In this way [...] (Thus) a decision with a single motion (jñaptidvitīyakarman) is to be made. A single request (jñaptikarman) for approval (follows?).

B

varṣopagamana, introduction

§ B.1
vv1 (u)[di]ṭho bhodi teṇa tatra bhikhuṇa viharami uku[ḍ̱i]ae ṇiṣ̱iḏita ajali pragrahita eva vatavo
The monk to whom [a vihāra] is assigned, should sit down there in the vihāra in squatting posture, stretch out his folded hands [i.e. perform the añjali greeting], and speak thus:

formula

§ B.2
v2 (samu)[ṇa]hara bhate aho i[th]uṇamo [bhikhu] yavaḏa [i]masvi [avas̱e] atos̱ima ekapos̱ado sa[maṇa](savas̱a) v3 (go)yaro uvaṇiṣae purima tremas̱o vaṣo uvaga{ṃ}chami aṇataraeṇa yavaḏ eva imasa viharas̱a pa[ḍi] .. + + + v4 (tri)d[i]ao vatavo v5 [uv]echaṇiae ñatiamo • yasa ya uve[chiḏa]vo bhikhuṇa so iśa{ṃ} sarvo 1 1 ‧ [tridia](o vatavo)
Pay attention, venerable: because I, the monk N.N., enter the early three-month rain retreat in this residential district, [situated] within a boundary (sīmā), sharing one poṣatha ceremony and [shared by] members of the same community, relying on a begging ground, (I will make) repair of this vihāra as much as necessary, if there is no hindrance. This is to be said (a second and) a third [time]. [This is] a single request (jñaptikarman) for approval. And for what a monk looks approval, that all (is) in this case (to be said) 2 [times and] a third [time].