In the structural configuration of Buddhist monastic jurisprudence, what is the precise institutional function assigned to the text layer known as the Patimokkha within the Vinaya Pitaka?

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The Patimokkha is the absolute core of the Suttavibhanga inside the Vinaya Pitaka. It tracks more than two hundred disciplinary rules arranged hierarchically from supreme offenses demanding total expulsion (Parajika) to minor rules. On full moon and new moon days (Uposatha), the monastic collective gathered, and the rules were read aloud. Any monk violating a code had to confess it publicly to restore absolute community purity.

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