vinaya

== English == === Etymology === Transliteration of Pali vinaya. === Noun === vinaya (uncountable) (Buddhism) The rules that regulate Buddhist monastic life. ==== Translations ==== == Pali == === Alternative scripts === === Etymology === vi- +‎ nī (root) +‎ -a; see Sanskrit विनय (vinaya​) for more. === Noun === vinaya m removal (logic) rule, terminology norm of conduct the code of monastic discipline ==== Declension ==== === References === Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “vinaya”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 575.