Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Authoritative adjustment of ritual speech

authoritative_adjustment_of_ritual_speech

A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


buddhist

  • Vinaya Texts, Part I: The Patimokkha, The Mahavagga I-IV (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 13) T54 MAHAVAGGA. 1,25,7. / I, 39, 2. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. IQI / I, 54, 5. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 2OQ / I, 64, I. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS.; lines 10791-10827 confidence: medium

    The matter is reported to the Blessed One, who allows the Bhikkhus to use the family name in the proclamation instead of the proper name.

    The Blessed One modifies proclamation procedure by allowing use of a family name when a proper name is not pronounced and by allowing two ordinations through one proclamation.

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