විනයපරියත්ති (Vinayapariyatti)

Vinaya piṭaka is codified in five books, categorized into three major parts: Vibhaṅga, Khandhaka, and Parivāra. Vibhaṅga Vibhaṅga of the Vinaya Piṭaka consists of the formulation of Pātimokkha rules by the Buddha for both Bhikkhus (Monks) and Bhikkhunis (Nuns). Each of the rules is divided into few sections: the story of the origin, basic formulation, subsequent formulations, offences etc. and explained detailed. In certain rules, the offences also analyzed by deriving related other offences. Pārājikapāli Pārājikapāli is the first book of the Vinaya piṭaka, starts from the section of Verañja (Verañjakaṇḍaṃ). The purpose of this section is to explain the superiority of the Buddha for the formulation of Vinaya rules. When the Buddha dwelled nearby Verañja village, the Verañja Brahmin went to the Buddha and listened to Dhamma. In the end, he invited the Buddha and whole Saṅgha to dwell at Verañja for the rainy season. The Buddha and Saṅgha dwelled at Verañja for the rai...

The whole teaching of the Buddha is called as Tipiṭaka since it is codified into three piṭakas (books or baskets) named as Vinaya piṭaka, Sutta piṭaka and Abhidhamma piṭaka. Vinaya piṭaka consists of all the proclamations by Buddha for the monastic communities as the disciplinary rules for the protection of virtue. Sutta piṭaka is the collection of all Buddha’s discourses to various people in various situations. The Buddha, after the enlightenment in the seventh rainy season, went to the Tāvatiṃsa deva world to discourse Abhidhamma to the devas including his mother and whole three months discoursed total Abhidhamma piṭaka. Though in the first Buddhist council, the Tipiṭaka was codified according to the currently existing manner, it is evidenced by several Suttas and Vinaya proclamations that there was a Tipiṭaka even at the time of Buddha. Vinaya Piṭaka Etymologically, the word Vinaya is derived from the root √ nī (lead) with the prefix of vi which gives a meaning of lea...