sdom pa - vow[s]/ precept/ ordination; vow, oath, promise, vows. commitment, to bind, to fetter, to bind to ties fast, to pinion, to bind up, to add, sum, total, to dress, to control/ restrain; to restrict/ confine, to control, to make agree, to bring to an agreement, to reconcile, to conciliate, virtuous vow; unified; self-control/ restraint. restrictions, vows that restrict; something that limits or restricts: limitations, restraints, constraints, circumscriptions, strictures; limitations, confinements, constrainments. Notes: The five to be renounced for laymen {dge bsnyen} or upasaka. are killing, stealing, falsehood, sexual misconduct, and alcohol, the eight to be renounced by observers of the purificatory fast {bsnyen gnas} or upavasa. are those five with the addition of afternoon food, singing and the wearing of ornaments, the ten to be renounced by novices {dge tshul} or shramanera. are the above eight with the addition of precious gems and high thrones. or beds, ! and all things which are to be renounced by monks {dge slong} or bhikshu. are the two hundred and fifty-three vows described in the Analysis of the Vows of a Monk Bhikshu Vibhanga, T. 3) and in the other transmissions of the Vinaya [RY]