See also alakṣya.
(= Pali arakkheyya or ār°), point that does not need to be guar-
ded; the Tathāgata has three or four, in Pali and BHS; viz.,
his conduct is completely and automatically pure, so that
he does not need to be on guard; in body, speech, and mind
(kāya, vāc, manas); when the fourth is added it is manner
of livelihood (ājīva). True reading a-rakṣya; Tib. bsruṅ pa
med pa (Mvy 191; note on Bbh 375.6), and so Chin. acc.
to Lévi, Sūtrāl. Transl. p. 303 note. Three (as in Pali DN
iii.217.8 ff.): Sūtrāl. xx.53; Bbh (mss. sometimes corrupt)
89.6; 230.13 (ed. ārakṣyāṇi, ms. ārakṣāṇi); 375.6; 403.23;
no number, 408.4; four (as in Pali AN iv.82.15 ff.) Mvy
191--195; in 195 read ājīva for jīva; in 191 Mironov ārak-
ṣāṇi, but Kyoto ed. correctly arakṣyāṇi without v.l.