one of the three robes of a bhikkhu (antaravāsaka, uttarāsaṅga and saṅghāti), or one of the five robes of a bhikkhuni (those three plus saṅkacchika and udakasāṭika), especially the *uttara …

…(cp. gahapati)
■ On cīvara in general also on special ordinances concerning its making, wearing & handling see…

robe or material for a robe given not at the usual time (because of pressing reasons of the giver)

whose robe has been taken away or stolen

(~-cīvarika)n. whose robe has been taken away or stolen

(one) who has no bhikkhu’s robes.

robe material given at a time other than the appointed period, or given during the appointed period to a specific bhikkhu or group of bhikkhus

what is not an accekacīvara

(one) who has no bowl or (bhikkhu’s) robe.

roll for robes.

(one) who distributes material for robes.

something to be exchanged for robe material; the purchase price for robe material.

, ~a., feminine the wearing of the (ascetic’s) robe; keeping a robe.

(a piece of) cloth for making robes.

indeclinable for the sake of a robe.

robe making; robe work.

, id. proper time when robe material is given.

time for making or working on robes.

an oblique or indirect statement connected with a robe.

(one) who keeps or stores the material for robes.

the expectation of receiving a robe or material for a robe.

(one) who receives robe material (on behalf of the saṅgha.

share or portion of material for robe.

rope for hanging the robes.

robe which has to be handed back; a borrowed robe.

bamboo rod for hanging up robes.

the distribution of material for robes.

considering, planning (the making of robes)

robe or robe-material given by a householder.

(from jaṅghā) the bottom section of a bhikkhu’s cīvara (the portion which hangs by the shins)

robe-material given during the appointed period (to be used and allotted by the saṅgha

the three robes of a monk (the inner, under, and the upper robes)

cloth from a mound.

the three robes of a monk (the inner, under, and the upper robes)

household robe (allowed to menstruating bhikkhunīs)

…the bhikkhus’ garments (cīvara) “weaving on, supplementary weaving, or along the seam”, i.e. hem, seam, binding Vin.i.254, Vin.i.297;…

…Vin.i.264 (apacinayamāna cīvaraṃ (?) variant reading apacitiyamāna; trsl. guarding his claim is, Vin Texts); MN.i.324 (see detail under…

…Dhp-a.ii.98.

• -cīvara an extra robe Vin.i.289.
• -pāda exceeding the worth of a pāda, more…

…pad, roll Vin.i.287 sq. (cīvara˚ a robe rolled up); Vin.ii.150 Vin.ii.170; Vin.iii.90; Vin.iv.279. Five kinds are allowed in a Vihāra, viz….

…are given to the Bhikkhus (cīvarasamaye) and several other occasions as enumerated at Vin.iv.74
■ The distinction is made as follows:…

…the office of distributing clothes, food etc. among the Bhikkhus Vin.i.285 (cīvara˚); AN.iii.275 (cīvara˚, phala˚, khajjaka˚).

fr. bhajeti

…Cp. ocīraka (under odīraka).

Sk. cīra, cp. cīvara

…yañña “sacrifice”) 1 cīvara, 2 piṇḍapāta 3 senāsana, 4 gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhāra, 5 anna, 6 pāna, 7 vattha, 8 yāna, 9…

…AN.ii.210 = Pp.58; Kp-a.37 cīvara˚ AN.ii.104 = Pp.45. 2. maintaining, sustaining keeping up Mil.320 (āyu˚ bhojana). 3. bearing in mind,…

…Pv-a.73, Pv-a.75
■ cīvara˚, q.v. chava˚ a miserable garment DN.i.166; AN.i.295; AN.ii.206; MN.i.78, MN.i.308.

*…

number two.

A. Meanings

I. Two as unit

1. with objective foundation:
   1. denoting a combination (pair, couple) or a repetition (twice). In this conn. frequent both objective …

…AN.iv.41; DN.iii.217;

• -cīvara the robe of a householder (i.e. a layman’s robe) Vin.i.280 sq.; ˚dhara wearing the…

…of the bhikkhu): see cīvara; -pucchaka one who asks (i.e. enquires after) the sick Vin.iv.88 =…

…Dhp-a.i.62 (patta-cīvaraṃ) With double acc. mahājanaṃ kathaṃ g˚ made people believe your words Ja.ii.416; cetake kasā g. made…

…nemantanika and gahapati-cīvara -dhara)- Snp.710; -antara the (interior of the) village, only in t. t. gāmantaraṃ…

…proper, right Thag.984 (cīvara); Pp.69 (read so for ˚maṭṭhika, see Pp-a.250); as idam-atthitā “being satisfied with what is…

…proper, right Thag.984 (cīvara); Pp.69 (read so for ˚maṭṭhika, see Pp-a.250); as idam-atthitā “being satisfied with what is…

…Snp.1046 (= Cnd.263 deti cīvaraṃ, etc.); Snp.428 (aggihuttaṃ jūhato), Snp.p.79 (aggiṃ); Pp.56; fut. juhissati SN.i.166 (aggiṃ); caus….

…as one of the 6 kinds of cīvaras together w. koseyya & kappāsika; at Vin.i.58 = Vin.i.96, also at AN.iv.394 (s. ˚sukhuma); freq. preceded…

…the special action like cīvara˚; mending the cloak Vv-a.250; uposatha˚ observing the Sabbath Vb.422; nava˚; making new renovating,…

…has been made, ref. to the cīvara of a bhikkhu (see above) Vin.i.255; Vin.iv.227 Vin.iv.286; DN-a.i.103; -(ñ)jaha (one) who has left time…

…Pv-a.29, cp. kāla -cīvara after finishing his robe Vin.i.255, Vin.i.265; -paccuggamana having gone forth to meet Ja.iii.93….

…Dāvs ii.111- cīvara˚; the edge of the garment Vism.389. Freq. in cpd. catu˚; (catukkaṇṇa) four-cornered, square, as Ep of…

…Vin.ii.253 Vin.ii.267.

• -cīvara a k. robe made of k cloth Bv.ix.7.
• -dussa the k. cloth Vin.i.254. *…

…of gatta, limbs Ja.i.129; of cīvara, cloak Bdhd 92; of vattha clothes Dhp-a.ii.261; of pāvāra-puppha, mango blossom Kp-a.58 = Vism.258. 2….

…Vv-a.188, Vv-a.256 (cīvara˚ a cloak as tent). See also kappiya˚, gandha˚, paṇṇa˚ vacca˚.

• -kāra the making…

…AN.ii.209 = Pp.58; Vism.65 (cīvara); DN-a.i.207;

• -pasāda clearness of the sense of touch or sense in general Dhs-a.306;…

…linga˚, āpatti˚, patta˚, cīvara˚, upajjhāya˚ ācariya˚, senāsana˚); Ja.ii.11; Ja.vi.402
■ lesa-kappa pretext Vin.ii.166; Vv.84#43…

…SN.ii.200; AN.v.190.

• -cīvara (adj.) wearing a shabby robe, badly clad Vin.iii.263; Mil.342 (cp. cīvara lūkha bad…

…bury (a treasure) Vin.i.46 (cīvaraṃ); Mil.271; ger. nidahitvā Pv-a.97 (dhanadhaññaṃ) &…

adjective one who puts away, one who has the office of keeper or warder (of robes: cīvara˚ Vin.i.284.

fr. nidahati

…to put away Vin.i.46 (patta-cīvaraṃ) AN.i.206 (daṇḍaṃ to discard the weapon; see daṇḍa) Mhvs.14, Mhvs.10…

…paṃsukūla-cīvaraṃ, rukkhamūla-senāsanaṃ, pūtimuttabhesajjaṃ); Vin.ii.274, Vin.ii.278; DN.iii.137, DN.iii.141;…

…of…

…nivāsetvā patta-* cīvaram ādāya…,“ describing the setting out on his round of the bhikkhu; e.g. DN.i.109, DN.i.178, DN.i.205,…

…medicine: see under; cīvara. Snp.339 (paccaya = gilāna-paccaya Snp-a.342); Mil.336; Mhvs.3 Mhvs.15. 2. (applied)…

…kāmapariḷāha); kula˚ cīvara Cnd.68, cp. Mil.388 (kule p.); ghar’āvāsa˚, putta-dāro etc. Mnd.136; Cnd.172#a B, 205, cp. Ja.ii.95…

…one’s hands) Vin.ii.209 (cīvara-rajjuṃ ˚itvā; cp. Vin. Texts iii.279). Note. pamajjamāna in phrase gale pi p˚ ānena at Ne.164 is…

…sustaining DN.i.71 (kāya˚ cīvara, kucchi˚ piṇḍapāta; explained as kāya-pariharaṇa-mattakena & kucchi˚ at DN-a.i.207 correct reading…

…in stock phrase “cīvara-piṇḍapāta-senāsana-gilānapaccayabhesajja-p.” i.e. robe, alms-bowl, seat & bed medicine as help in…

…etc.); AN.iii.275.

• -cīvara bowl and robe (see note in Dial ii.162) Vin.i.46; Vin.ii.78, Vin.ii.194; SN.i.76;…

…payojita Snp-a.565; Mnd.389 however reads payutta and explains as “cīvarapayutta” etc.).

pp. of pa + yu, cp. Sk. pra…

…Ja.iii.72; Mil.15 (pattacīvaraṃ); Vv-a.118 (variant reading ˚yāpeti), Vv-a.157 (variant reading ˚nameti).

paṭi + Caus. of śam,…

…kātuṃ); Vin.iv.60 (cīvarakammaṃ kātuṃ), Vin.iv.254 (dhammiṃ kathaṃ kātuṃ), Vin.iv.285 Vin.iv.290; Cnd.p.46 (for Snp prose…

…symmetrical Ja.i.220 (cīvara), Ja.i.394 (dantā); Ja.iv.188 (dant’ āvaraṇaṃ); Ja.v.197 (of the membrum muliebre), Ja.v.206 (read…

adjective noun belonging to a shop, i.e.

1. a shopkeeper AN.i.115 sq.
2. laid out in the shop (of cīvara) Vin.i.255; Vism.62 (= āpaṇa-dvāre patitaka). See also Vin. Texts ii.156.

pa + āpaṇa + ika

adjective = pari˚; changing, turning round (of cīvara) Vin.iv.59, Vin.iv.60. Parivasika = pari

…paṃsukūla-cīvara, r - m. s., pūti-mutta bhesajja), Vin.i.96 (id.) AN.iv.231. -mūlika (a) one who lives…

to trample down Vin.i.137; Vin.i.286 (cīvaraṃ, to soak, steep); ppr. sammaddanto Vin.i.137 (to crush).

saṃ + maddati

…Pv.iv.1#46; Vb-a.359 (˚cīvara); Pv-a.43.

• -cāra wandering about in a sanghāṭī, having deposited the cīvara…

…or transferred Vin.i.190; cīvara˚; a dress that should be handed over, which does not belong to one Vin.iv.282

pp…

…kappāsa as barter for cīvara at Vin.iii.216. 2. the (discursive, narrational part of the Buddhist Scriptures containing…

coarse cloth MN.i.509 (cp. Deśīnāmamālā viii.52; Karpūramañjarī p. 19; J.P.T.S. 1891, 5 and Prākrit sāhulī, Z.D.M.G., xxviii., p. 415).

…of the rise of craving (viz. cīvara, piṇḍapāta, senâsana, itibhavâbhava) AN.ii.10 = Iti.109; DN.iii.228; Vb.375;

• -kāyā (pl.) (six)…

…wearing three robes (cp. ticīvara) Vin.i.253; Ud.42; Pp.69 Vism.60.

• -daṇḍika carrying the tripod (see…

…In Vin. only in phrase cīvaraṃ… na acchinne theve pakkamitabbaṃ Vin.i.50, Vin.i.53 = Vin.ii.227, Vin.ii.230; Ja.vi.530 (madhu-ttheva a…

…or four Dhp-a.i.173; -cīvara (nt.) the 3 robes of a bhikkhu consisting of: diguṇā sanghāṭi, ekacciya uttarāsanga…

… ■ an˚; Vism.64 (˚cīvara).

• -niddesa exhaustive exposition, special designation, term par excellence Dhs-a.70;…

…full of (˚-) Vin.i.285 (cīvaraṃ u. overstocked; Vin.ii.270 (āmisaṃ too abundant); Vin.iii.286 Thig.444 (= upacita Thag-a.271); Ja.i.48,…

Vasana¹

neuter clothing, clothes Snp.971; Thig.374; DN.iii.118 (odāta˚), DN.iii.124 (id.); Mnd.495 (the six cīvarāni); Pv-a.49
■ vasanāni clothing Mhvs.22, Mhvs.30- *[vasana](/define …

…maker of, in special sense (cīvara˚; robecutter perhaps fr. vardh to cut: see vaddheti) a tailor Ja.i.220.

fr….

…these passages refer to the cīvara. 2. alternative, indecision, indefiniteness (= vikappa), as t. t. g. applied to part.; ca and…

…apportion, give Vin.i.289 (cīvaraṃ); Vin.iv.121 (id.). 4. to arrange, put on, get ready Vin.i.297. 5. to change, alter, shape, form Ja.v.4…

…grain (lit. against the hair), discrepant, reversed, wrong, unnatural Vin.ii.115 (of cīvara: unsightly); Ja.iii.113; Dpvs.vii.55; Dhp-a.i.379;…

planed, smoothed; su˚; well carded (of a cīvara) Vin.iii.259.

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…(= cīvara) a bark garment worn by an ascetic Vin.iii.34; AN.i.240, AN.i.295; Ja.i.8, Ja.i.304; Ja.v.132; Pp.55 *…

…as “ye yaññaṃ (viz. cīvaraṃ etc.) esanti” those who wish for a gift, “ye yaññaṃ abhisankharonti” those who get it ready,…

…together with cīvarabhājaka, phala-bhājaka & khajja-bhājaka), Vin.iv.38 (yāgu˚, phala˚, khajja˚), Vin.ii.155 (id.);…

…ākoṭita-paccākoṭita flattened & pressed all round (of the cīvara) SN.ii.281; Dhp-a.i.37.

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