Patimokkha texts: a new model

[sujato]

the problem

If we look in Vinaya, there are two main kinds of text.

• A full Vinaya analysis such as we find in Pali. These include a kind of text called Vibhanga, which have rules + explanation. They include vb in the UID.
• A plain set of rules (patimokkha, pm ).

The Vibhangas work okay, but the patimokkhas don't appear at all.

https://staging.suttacentral.net/pitaka/vinaya/pli-tv-vi/pli-tv-bu-pm

There's no root text. These root texts are in fact included in root/pli/vri. They are not part of the ms edition.

It's the same with Chinese patimokkha texts:

https://staging.suttacentral.net/pitaka/vinaya/san-mg-vi

the bad old solution

Since the Patimokkhas are plain lists of rules, we do not divide them into separate pages per rule as with the Vibhangas. Instead, we simply give the whole patimokkha on a single page.

The problem is that, because there are so many rule parallels, we cannot list all the parallels in a single suttaplex.

The old site uses a clumsy solution.

• give a suttaplex card for the whole patimokkha text.
• then give separate cards for each rule.

Unfortunately, in the "whole text" card, it says there are no parallels, which is incorrect, then in the parallel cards it says there is no text, which is also incorrect.

a better way: separate text from parallels

• Clicking on the patimokkha takes you to the main patimokkha card as per here: https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bu-pm
• However, this does not have the "parallels" section, just the texts.
• Underneath the suttaplex card is a button: "Show rule parallels and details".
• If you click it, it loads the suttaplex cards for all rules, together with blurbs and parallels.
• However, these cards have no mention of the texts or translations.

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