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चातुर्दिश (cAturdiza)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
cāturdiśa, adj. (= Pali cātuddisa
catur-diś plus -a), pertaining to the ‘four directions’ i.e. the whole world
universal
ep. of the bhikṣu-saṃgha (as in Pali of the bhikkhu-saṃgha): °diśāryabhikṣusaṃghāya Divy 〔274.13〕
°diśāya bhikṣusaṃghāya Av 〔ii.109.7〕
MSV 〔ii.70.10〕
°diśasāṃghikena (sc. dravyeṇa ? cf. Śikṣ 〔170.3〕), adj. belonging to the universal monk-brotherhood, Śikṣ 〔56.5〕.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
cāturdiśa (EI 23
ML), ‘belonging to all the quarters’
cf. cāturdiś-ārya-bhikṣu-saṅgha, ‘Buddhist monks of all places’
‘all monks coming from different places’.