pāṭibhoga

sponsor AN.ii.172; Ud.17; Iti.1 sq.; Ja.ii.93; Vism.555 sq.; Dhp-a.i.398; Vb-a.165. Patimokkha (pati)

for paṭibhoga (?); difficult to explain, we should suspect a ger. formation *prati-bhogya for *bhujya i.e. “counter-enjoyable,” i.e. one who has to be made use of in place of someone else; cp. Geiger, P.Gr. § 24.