jñapti (6665)

jñapti
Entry 6665, Page 244, Col. 2

(jYapti, jYapti)
jñapti¦, for (always in Mvy, but nowhere else) jñāpti, f. (= Pali ñatti), proposal, motion, made before the assem- bly of monks or nuns; in the BHS literary passages re- corded, usually concerning initiation (upasaṃpadā): jñaptiṃ kṛtvā MSV ii.101.15; Bhīk 17b.3, having made the motion: eṣā jñaptiḥ 5, this is the proposal; (duḥśīlena bhikṣuṇā…na ca) jñaptir dātavyā Kv 96.14 (…prāg eva jñapticaturthaṃ 15, see below); jñāpti-karma(n), id., Mvy 8660 (= Pali ñatti-kamma); jñapti° MSV ii.101.16; there are three forms in which the motion may be made (see SBE 13.169, note 2), (1) isolated, simple (muktikā, q.v.) motion, not followed by a separate question as to whether the monks (or nuns) present approve, Mvy 8659; Bhīk 15b.3; (2) accompanied (followed) by a single such formal question, called jñapti- (Mvy jñāpti-) dvitīyam (sc. karma; = Pali ñatti-dutiya-kamma), Mvy 8661; MSV ii.178.12; (3) accompanied by three such questions, called jñapti- (Mvy jñāpti-) caturtham (karma; = Pali ñatti-catuttha- kamma), Mvy 8662; 8754 °tha-karmaṇopasaṃpanno bhikṣuḥ; Bhīk 31b.1 jñapticaturthena karmaṇā; Divy 356.16 °thaṃ ca karma vyavasitaṃ; Kv 96.15, see above; MSV ii.178.12. The putting of the questions (one or three) to the congregation, after the jñapti, is called karma- vācanā, q.v.