Re: sesa-dvaya

the fourteenth and fiftennth are optional dates. Which one is the correct one depends on the month. This is clearly described for instance in the Kankhavitarani. The eigth actually is not a regular date for the uposatha carried out by the sangha, but more an optional date for the lay people roughly speaking. If one carries out Uposatha on the fifteenth then one does not carry it out on the fourteenth and vice versa.

Am Feb 1, 2015 um 09:07 schrieb Bryan Levman bryan.levman@... [palistudy] <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>:

Dear Petra and Lance,

Thanks very much; I don't quite understand how the fifteenth Uposatha day prevents the eighth and the fourteenth? because if one observes the fifteenth, it is then not necessary to observe the eighth and fourteenth?

Best wishes,
Bryan

From: "'KiePue@...' kiepue@... [palistudy]" <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
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Subject: AW: [palistudy] sesa-dvaya

Dear Bryan,

yes, it does.

Best,
Petra

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Von: "Bryan Levman bryan.levman@... [palistudy]" <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
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Hi Pali friends,

Does anyone know the meaning of the compound sesa-dvaya ("remaining/remainder-pair") in the passage below from Sv 1, 139, 24-25:

so pan' esa aṭṭhamī-cātuddasī-pannarasī-bhedena tividho. Tasmā sesa-dvaya-nivāraṇatthaṃ pannarase ti vuttaṃ.

The context is a discussion on the Uposatho:

"The Uposatha is three-fold, consisting of the eighth day, fourteenth day and fifteenth day. It is called "on the fifteenth" on account of preventing the remaining two" ? Does the "remaining two" refer to the eighth and fourteenth?

Best wishes,

Bryan