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द्वादशवर्गीय (dvAdazavargIya)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
dvādaśavargīya, f. °yā, pl., belonging to a group of twelve (nuns
clearly not heretics as stated in Index): °yābhiḥ śrutam Divy 〔493.12〕
°yābhir 〔495.23〕. No such group has been discovered in Pali
the context in Divy is my only source of knowledge of the meaning. It can hardly mean members of the dvādaśavarga, q.v., in the sense of quorum for ordination. Apparently these nuns were given to cavilling and trouble-making
they object to functions assigned to (Cūḍa-)Panthaka.