Pācittiya

The rules in this category are known in Pali as <i lang='pi' translate='no'>pācittiya</i>, “entailing confession”. There are one hundred and sixty-six such rules for the nuns, seventy of which are shared with the monks. This is the largest class of rules in the Monastic Code. These rules, together with all the other rules apart from those entailing expulsion and suspension, are classed as light offenses, <i lang='pi' translate='no'>lahukāpatti</i>. For light offenses there is no penalty apart from confession.