ཕམ་པ་བཞི་

OT

[1707] dge slong gi rtsa ba'i ltung ba ste/ mi tshangs spyod kyi pham pa dang/ ma byin len gyi pham pa/ srog gcod kyi pham pa/ mi chos bla ma'i rdzun gyi pham pa bcas bzhi/ ...

DM

'four defeats,' these being the four reasons why a monk should be demoted to lay status. See ltung ba bzhi, 'four downfalls,' which are different.

JV, IW, RY

four defeats, four basic rules

IW

the four root downfalls [of a bhikshu, mi tsangs spyod kyi pham pa dang, ma byin len gyi pham pa, srog gcod kyi pham pa, mi chos bla ma'i rdzun gyi pham pa bcas bzhi,//. * {ltung ba bzhi} offences involving expulsion from the sangha, the first of {ltung ba sde lnga}

RY

*. ལྟུང་བ་བཞི་offences involving expulsion from the sangha, the first of {ltung ba sde lnga}. four major transgressions of the monastic vows