Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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The "lop off the head" sins, i.e. adultery, stealing, killing, lying, sins which entail immediate exclusion from the order.
Source
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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即波羅夷罪。為戒律之根本極惡戒。指犯殺生、偷盜、邪淫、妄語等波羅夷罪之出家人,無分道果,必失其比丘、比丘尼資格,並自教團中被放逐,永棄於佛門之外;以此罪如同斷首之刑,故稱斷頭罪。〔四分律卷一〕(參閱「波羅夷」3442)
Source
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佛光電子大辭典
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