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विविपात (vivipAta)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
vi-vipāta, adj. (vi plus vipāta, Skt. Gr., to Skt. vi-pat-, depart, fall away, become separated), without quitting: °tena (so with v.l. for Senart vinipātena) nāgarājena parikṣiptā (mss.
read °to? sc. the Buddha), parikṣipi hi mahatā paribhogena saptāhaṃ Mv 〔iii.301.6〕. Senart (Index) app. takes Vinipāta as n. pr. of the nāga king who ‘encompassed’ and protected the Buddha. But his name has just been given (line 4) as Mucilinda
no second nāga can be concerned
vinipātena makes no sense.