उपधिवारक (upadhivAraka)
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Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
Englishupadhi-vāraka (only Divy 〔542.21〕), regularly °vārika, m. (from prec.
see upadhi 3), lit. guardian of material objects
beadle or provost of a monastery, in charge of physical properties: Mvy 〔9067〕 = Tib. dge skos (Jä. dge bskos, Das dge skyos or bskyos), lit. virtue (or welfare, or alms) commissioner
see AbhidhK. LaV-P. 〔iv.237 note 1〕
Divy 〔50.27〕 upadhivārikasya
〔81.27〕 (= MSV 〔i.80.5〕) °kaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ
〔237.16〕 (Dharmarucir) vihāre °ko vyavasthāpitaḥ
〔237.24〕
〔542.21〕 °vārakasya, but 〔543.17〕, repeating the substance of 〔542.21〕, °vārikasya
Av 〔ii.87.2〕 tata upadhivārikeṇa gaṇḍīr ākoṭitā
he announced the day of the half-month to the monks, MSV 〔iii.98.8—9〕. Acc. to Das, this officer was ‘a supervisor or director of monks … a sort of provost-sergeant … who keeps strict order and punishes transgressors.’ This fits well the usual mg. of Tib. dge ba (virtue).
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