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पञ्चवर्षिक (paJcavarSika)

 
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pañcavarṣika (so Divy 〔403.16, 27〕
〔405.11〕
and Kalpanām., below), or (in all others) °vārṣika, adj. and subst. nt., of five years, or as subst., the festival-gathering of the Buddhist order every five years
as adj., °ka-mahaḥ Mvy 〔5676〕 = Tib. lo lṅaḥi (of 5 years) dus ston
°kaṃ satkāraṃ Divy 〔398.24〕, the 5-yearly entertainment (of the order, on this festal occasion)
but usually nt. subst., °ke vartamāne, Kalpanāmaṇḍitikā, Kl. Skt. Texte 2, 〔44〕 (Lüders, das grosse, alle fünf Jahre gefeierte Ordensfest)
ghuṣyatāṃ °kaṃ Divy 〔403.7, 16, 27〕
others, Divy 〔242.11〕
〔405.11〕
〔419.15〕
〔429.15〕
Av 〔i.88.1〕 (title of Chap. 16, with story of origin of the festival)
〔89.14〕
〔90.1〕
〔92.2, 4〕
〔ii.39.5, 6〕. (Divy 〔Index〕 wrongly entertainment for five months of the rainy season, with Burnouf, Introd. 〔394〕, but B. in his note shows awareness of the possibility of the other, true interpretation.)