Pārājika [etym. doubtful; suggested are parā+aj (Bur- nouf); para+ji; pārācika (S. Lévi, see Geiger, P.Gr. § 38, n. 3; also Childers s. v.)] one who has committed a grave transgression of the rules for bhikkhus; one who merits expulsion (see on term Vin. Texts i.3; Miln trsln i.268; ii.78) Vin i.172; ii.101, 242; A ii.241; iii.252; v.70; J vi.70, 112; Miln 255; Vism 22; KhA 97, DhA i.76 (as one of the divisions of the Suttavibhanga, see also Vin iii.1 sq.).

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