1. Introduction 1 2. Theft in the Suttavibhaṅga of the Vinayapiṭaka 2 2.1. The law of theft 2 2.2. Structure of the Rules in the Suttavibhaṅga 4 2.3 The First Supplementary Section (Vin III 47,27–53,18) 6 2.4 The Second Supplementary Section (Vin III 53,19–54,13) 9 2.5 The Vinitavatthu (Vin III 55,25–67,38) 9 2.6 Comparison of the three Sections 11 2.7 The Casuistry (Vin III 54,14–55,20) 12
3. The commentaries of the fifth century 15 3.1. The twenty-five types of theft 15 3.2 The five points (pañca ṭhānāni) 20 3.3 The five constituent parts (aṅga) 21 4. Absorption of offences 24 References 28 Appendix I: The explanation of the twenty-five types of theft and the corresponding cases of the Vinaya 31 Appendix II: Translation of the commentary on the second Pārājika from Kaṅkhāvitaraṇi 41,1–48,11 35
