pañcavarṣika (8761)

pañcavarṣika
Entry 8761, Page 315, Col. 1

(paYcavarzika, paYcavarzika)
pañcavarṣika¦ (so Divy 403.16, 27; 405.11; and Kal- panām., below), or (in all others) °vārṣika, adj. and subst. nt., of five years, or as subst., the festival-gathering of the Buddhist order every five years; as adj., °ka-mahaḥ Mvy 5676 = Tib. lo lṅaḥi (of 5 years) dus ston; °kaṃ satkāraṃ Divy 398.24, the 5-yearly entertainment (of the order, on this festal occasion); but usually nt. subst., °ke vartamāne, Kalpanāmaṇḍitikā, Kl. Skt. Texte 2, 44 (Lüders, das grosse, alle fünf Jahre gefeierte Ordensfest); ghuṣyatāṃ °kaṃ Divy 403.7, 16, 27; others, Divy 242.11; 405.11; 419.15; 429.15; Av i.88.1 (title of Chap. 16, with story of origin of the festival); 89.14; 90.1; 92.2, 4; ii.39.5, 6. (Divy Index wrongly entertainment for five months of the rainy season, with Burnouf, Introd. 394, but B. in his note shows awareness of the possibility of the other, true inter- pretation.)

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