saṃnipāta (15776)

saṃnipāta
Entry 15776, Page 558, Col. 2

(saMnipAta, saMnipAta)
saṃnipāta¦, m. (also nt. in Mv; = Pali id.; Skt. id. not noted in this sense), gathering, assembly of people: so 'drākṣīd rājā…mahājana-°taṃ vikrośantaṃ Divy 325.12; of bodhisattvas, parṣat-°taḥ…bodhisattvānāṃ Dbh 7.2; bodhisattva-°ta-maṇḍalamāḍe (q.v.) Mmk 1.4; usually of Buddhist disciples, śrāvaka; acc. to Divy 18.9 and 489.9 Buddhas hold two annual gatherings of disciples, (dharmatā khalu) yathā buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ śrāvakā- ṇāṃ dvau °tau bhavataḥ, viz. at the beginning of the rainy season and at the full moon of Kārttika; in Mv, as in Pali (DN ii.5.7 ff.; Jāt. i.30.4 ff.; 35.1 ff.), any Buddha is spoken of as holding three general assemblies, the number attending at each being generally stated, trayaḥ °pātā bhūtā (so most mss.), prathamo śrāvaka-°to ṣaṇṇa- vati koṭīyo abhūṣi, etc., Mv i.59.6; so also i.248.9 ff.; 251.7; iii.246.17 ff.; only one for each Buddha mentioned iii.233.19 = 237.21; (nt.,) (idaṃ) bhagavato prathamaṃ śrāvaka-°taṃ ardhatrayodaśa (em.) bhikṣuśatāni iii.432.6; more than three in Sukh, iyantataḥ (q.v.) sa prathama-°to 'bhūt 32.1, kaḥ punar vādo dvitīya-tṛtīyādīnāṃ śrāvaka- °tānām, evam anantāparyantas tasya bhagavataḥ śrāvaka- saṃgho 4.