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Pali
Etymology
sikkhā + pada.
Noun
sikkhāpada n
- a set of precepts, a code; a precept
c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.- I observe the precept of abstaining from the destruction of life.
Declension
Declension table of "sikkhāpada" (neuter)