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Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryYebhuyyasikā, (f.) (formation fr. yebhuyya like tassapāpiyya-sikā. Originally adj. with kiriyā to be understood) lit. “according to the majority, ” i.e. a vote of majority of the Chapter; name of one of the adhikaraṇa-samathas, or means of settling a dispute.—Vin. II. 84 (anujānāmi bh. adhikaraṇaṃ yebhuyyasikāya vūpasametuṃ), 93 (vivād’âdhikaraṇaṃ dvīhi samathehi sammati: sammukhā-vinayena ca yebhuyyasikāya ca). As one of the 7 methods of settling a dispute mentioned at Vin. IV, 207=351 (the seven are: sammukhā-vinaya, sati-vinaya, amūḷha°, paṭiññā, yebhuyyasikā, tassa-pāpiyyasikā, tīṇ’avatthāraka). explained in detail at M. II, 247: if the bhikkhus cannot settle a dispute in their abode, they have to go to a place where there are more bh. in order to come to a vote by majority. Cp. D. III, 254 (the seven enumerated); A. I, 99; IV, 144. (Page 558)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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