sumbhaka (17090)

sumbhaka
Entry 17090, Page 601, Col. 2

(sumBaka, sumBaka)
sumbhaka¦ (once a ms. śu°), nt., a bowl of the sort used as almsbowl by Buddhist monks: the mg. is made clear by Mv iii.459.22 (vs) evaṃ te anvayiṣyāmi ādāya sumbhakaṃ tathā (so one ms., v.l. ādāya ca su°, Senart em. ādāya tava su°), = Pali Jāt. v.259.23…pattam ādāya pacchato (pattam, bowl, = sumbhakam); other- wise found only as modifier of pātraṃ, in the cliché which tells how after ordination by the ehibhikṣukā formula, the signs of worldly life were magically replaced in the initiate(s) by monkish insignia: (…gṛhikalpaṃ sarvaṃ samantarahitaṃ, tricīvarā ca prādurbhūtā) sumbhakaṃ (mss., Senart here em. wrongly) ca pātraṃ prakṛtisvabhā- vasaṃsthitā ca keśā, etc., Mv ii.234.5; substantially same formula (sometimes pl., °kā or °kāni ca pātrā or pātrāṇi), [Page602-a+ 70] iii.65.5; 92.9; 180.15; 181.6; 329.12; 379.15 (one ms. śu°); 413.13; 423.9; 430.17. The word has not been found elsewhere; but cf. sumbhalikā.