riñcati (12796)
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Entry 12796, Page 455, Col. 2 -
(riYcati, riYcati)
riñcati¦ (Pali id., Skt. riṇakti), leaves, empties, in special sense, with object buddhakṣetra; gods address pratyekabuddhas when the Bodhisattva is about to descend to earth for his last incarnation: riñcatha buddha- kṣetraṃ Mv i.197.1, 4; 357.4, 6; riñcata mārṣā buddha- kṣetraṃ LV 18.12; empty the buddha-field, sc. by entering nirvāṇa, so that there will be no Buddha (not even a Pratyeka-b.) in the ‘field’ when the Bodhisattva enters it. (The mg. neglects, ignores, seems supported in Skt. tho perh. commoner in Pali, and in BHS: RP 34.12 [read riñcitvā]; Bbh 396.20; AsP 243.6.)