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रिञ्चति (riJcati)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
riñcati (Pali id., Skt. riṇakti), leaves, empties, in special sense, with object buddhakṣetra
gods address pratyekabuddhas when the Bodhisattva is about to descend to earth for his last incarnation: riñcatha buddhakṣetraṃ Mv 〔i.197.1, 4〕
〔357.4, 6〕
riñcata mārṣā buddhakṣetraṃ LV 〔18.12〕
empty the buddha-field, sc. by entering nirvāṇa, so that there will be no Buddha (not even a Pratyeka-b.) in the ‘field’ when the Bodhisattva enters it. (The mg. neglects, ignores, seems supported in Skt. tho perh. commoner in Pali, and in BHS: RP 〔34.12〕 [read riñcitvā]
Bbh 〔396.20〕
AsP 〔243.6〕.)