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पैण्डिलिक (paiNDilika)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
? paiṇḍilika, m., read prob. paiṇḍinyika, mendicant, monk, like prec. and piṇḍapātika a complimentary term: °ko 'smi saṃvṛtaḥ Śikṣ 〔150.18〕. I derive °nyika from Skt. Lex. (Trik., which has many Buddhist words) paiṇḍinya, nt., mendicant monkʼs life, which BR derive from piṇḍin (cited with appropriate mg. only from Wilson). Pali and AMg. have a word piṇḍola(-ka, -ga), mendicant monk, but this cannot be used to interpret the Śikṣ text form, unless by em.