voluntary collection (of alms for the Sangha), usually as -ṃ saṃharati to make a vol. coll. Vin.iv.250; Ja.i.422; Ja.ii.45, Ja.ii.85 (saṃharitvā variant reading BB; text sankaḍḍhitvā), Ja.ii.196, Ja.ii.248; Ja.iii.288 (nava˚, a new kind of donation); Cp. BSk. chandaka-bhikṣana Avs vol. ii.227.