daśavarga (7256)
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Entry 7256, Page 263, Col. 1 -
(daSavarga, daSavarga)
daśavarga¦, adj. or subst. (= Pali dasavagga), consisting of a group of ten; a quorum of ten (monks); required acc. to Pali Vin. i.319.33 (cf. 31) normally, ‘in the middle regions,’ for ordination: MSV ii.205.11 ff., cf. 203.16 ff.; Mv i.2.15 daśavargena gaṇena upasaṃpadā (q.v.); Bhīk 18b.5 bhikṣūṇāṃ daśavarge maṇḍalake (see s.v. dvādaśavarga); certain sins to be confessed before such a group, Śikṣ 169.1 āpattir daśavarge ṛjukena deśayitavyā.