sikkhāpada

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

sikkhā + pada.

Noun

sikkhāpada n

  1. a set of precepts, a code; a precept
    • c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:
      Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.
      I observe the precept of abstaining from the destruction of life.

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