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Cimilika 102 Civara
Cimilika (f.) see cilimika Vin 11.150; iv.40 ; Cp. Vin.
Texts III. 167 ;
J.P.T.S. 1885, 39.
Cira (adj.) [Vedic. cira. perhaps to *qneie to rest, cp. Lat.
quies, civis ; Goth, hveila ; Ohg. wilon ; E. while] long
(of time), usually in cpds. & as adv. Either cirag
(ace.) for a long time Sn 678, 730, 1029; Dh 248; Kh
VII. 5 ; J II. 1 10; IV. 3 ; Pv 11.3'^ or cirena (instr.) after
a long time Vin iv.86 ; DhsA 239; or ciraya (dat.) for
long Dh 342. cirassa (gen.) see cirassar). — ciratarai]
(compar.) for a (comparatively) long time, rather long
A III. 58 ; Pv
11.8^. cir-^-cirag continually Vin iv.261 ;
J v. 233. — acira not long (ago) lately, newly: "arahattappatta
S 1.196; "pabbajita S 1.185; "parinibbute
Bhagavati shortly after the death of the Bhagavant
D 1.204, etc. ; Sn p. 59.
-kalar) (adv.) a long time fr«q. e. g. PvA 19, 45, 60,
109 ; -tthitika perpetual, lasting long A iv.339 (opp.
pariyapajjati) ; Vv So'; Pug 32, 33; Vism 37, 175;
DA 1.3. -dikkhita (not °dakkhita) having long since
been initiated S 1.226 = } v.138 ( = cirapabbajita)
-nivasin dwelling (there) for a long time S 11.227
-patika fcp. Sk. cirar) prati] long since, adj. constr.
in conformity w. the subject Vin 1.33; D 11.270 =
S in. 1 20; -pabbajita having long since become a
wanderer A 111.114; Sn p. 92; DA 1.143; -ppavasin
(adj.) long absent Dh 219 ( = cirappavuttha DhA
111.293). -rattat) (adv.) for a long time Sn 665. 670 ;
J IV. 37 1 ; and -rattaya id. J 11.340 ; Pv 1.9*.
Cirassai] (adv.) [origin, gen. of cira=cirasya] at last Vin
II. 195; D 1. 179; Si. 142 ; J 11.439; in. 315; iv.446 (read
cirassa passami) ; v.328 ; Th i, 868 ; ThA 217 ; PvA 60.
—^na cirass' eva shortly after D iii.ii ; J IV.2 ; DhA
III. 1 76; PvA 32. — sucirass' eva after a very long
while S 1. 193.
Cirayati [Sk. cirayati, v. denom. fr. cira] to be long, to
tarry, to delay, DhA 1. 16; VvA 64, 208; cp. cirar)
karoti id. J 11.443.
Cir!|a [Sk. ciri, cp. kira] a parrot J v. 202 (in comp" ciriti°).
Cilimika (f) [Der. fr. cira] as cimilika at Vin 11.150;
IV. 40 a kind of cloth or carpeting, made from palmleaves,
bark, etc. Also at Pv.\ 144 (doubtful ready).
Cillaka fkilaka or khilaka, q. v.] a peg. post, pillar, in
daruka" Th 2. 390 (cp. ThA 257). Not with Kern
{Toev.) " a wooden puppet." as der. fr. citta.i
Cinaka (m. nt.) a kind of bean Sn 239 ( = atavi-pabbatapadesu
aropita-jata-cina-mugga SnA 283); J v. 405.
CInapittha (nt.) red lead DA 1.40 ; DhsA 14.
Clyati [Pass, of cinati] to be gathered, to be heaped up
Sn 428 (clyate pahiitar) punnai)). See also a°.
Cira (nt.) [Sk. cira. cp. civara] i. bark, fibre D 1.167
(kusa°, vaka°. phalaka°) ; Vin in. 34 ; A 1.295 ; Pug 55-
— a bark dress Vin 1.305 ; J vi.500 (cp. ciraka). — 2. a
strip (orig. of bark), in suvanna°-khacita gold-brocaded
VvA 280 (see also next). Cp. ociraka (under odiraka).
Ciraka [cp. cTra] i. bark (see cpds.) — 2. a strip, in
suvanna" gold brocade (dress) J v. 197.
-vasika (nt.) bark-dress (a punishment) M 187 = '
A l.48 = Miln 197.
CIriya (adj.) [fr. cira] like or of bark, in cpd. daru° (as
Np.) " wood-barker " DhA 11.35.
CIrilika (f ) rep. Sk. ciri & jhillika a cricket, cirilli a sort
of large fish] a cricket A 111.397 (v. 1. cirika). Cp. on
word-formation pipilika & Mod. Gr. ririVoiicor cricket.
Civara (nt.) ['Sk. civara, prob. = cira, app!"" orig. to a
dress of bark! the (upper) robe of a Buddhist mendicant.
C. is the first one of the set of 4 standard requisites
of a wandering bhikkhu. vir. c°, pindapata almsbowl,
senasana lodging, a place to sleep at, gilana-
paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhara medicinal appliances fur
use in sickness. Thus mentioned passim e. g. Vin
III. 89. 99, 211; IV. 154 sq. ; D 1.61 ; M 11.102 ; A 1.49;
Nd' s. v.; It III. In abbreviated form Sn 339; PvA
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bhikkhu goes patta-civaratj adaya, that is literallj'
; Sdhp 393. In starting on his begging round the
' taking his bowl & robe.' But this "is an elliptical
idiom meaning ' putting on his outer robe and taking
his bowl.' A bhikkhu never goes into a village without
wearing all his robes, he never takes them, or any one
of the three, with him. Each of the three is simply
an oblong piece of cloth (usually cotton cloth). On the
mode of wearing these three robes see the note at
Dialogues 11.145. — Vin iii.ii; D 11.85; Sn p. 21;
PvA 10, 13 & passim. The sewin? of the robe was a
festival for the laity (see under kathina). There are
6 kinds of cloth mentioned for its manufacture, viz.
khoma, kappasika, koseyya. kambala, sana, bhanga
Vin. 1.58 = 96 = 281 (cp. °dussa). Two kinds of robes
are distinguished : one of the gahapatika (layman) a
white one, and the other that of the bhikkhu, the c.
proper, called parjsukular) c. "the dust-heap robe"
Vin V.I 1 7 (cp. gahapati). — On civara in general &
also on special ordinances concerning its making, wearing
& handling see Vin 1.46, 49 sq., 196, 198, 253 sq.,
285. 287 sq.. 306 = 11.267 (of var. colours); 11.115 sq.
(sibbati to sew the c.) ; 111.45. 5^ (theft of a c). 195-223,
254-266 ; iv.59-62, 120-123, 173, 279 sq., 283 (six kinds).
— A III. 108 (civare kalyanakama) ; v. ino, 206 ; Vism 62 ;
It 103 ; PvA 185. — Sise clvarag karoti to drape the outer
robe over the head Vin 11.207, 217 ; °g khandhe karoti
to drape it over the back Vin 11.208, 217; °r) nikkhi-
pati to lay it down or put it away Vin 1.47 sq. ; 11.152,
224; in. 198, 203, 263; °g sat)harati to fold it up Vin
1.46. — Var. expressions referring to the use of the robe :
atireka° an extra robe Vin in. 195 ; acceka" id. Vin in. 260
kala° (& akala") a robe given at (and outside) the
sq. ;
specified time Vin in. 202 sq. ; iv.284, 287 ; gahapati°
a layman's r. Vin 111.169. 171 ; ti° the three robes, viz.
sanghati, uttarasanga. Sntaravasaka Vin 1.288. 289;
III.II. 195. 198 sq. ; V.142 ; adj. tecivarika wearing 3
rs. Vin v. 193; dubbala" (as adj.) with a woriv-out c.
Vin III 254 ; IV. 59, 154. 286; pai)sukula'' the dust-heap
robe PvA 141 ; sa°-bhatta food given with a robe Vin
IV. 77; lukha° (adj.) having a coarse robe Vin 1.109
{+ duccola) . III. 263 (id.) ; A 1.25 ; vihara" a robe to b^
used in the monastery Vin 111.212.
-kanna the lappet of a monk's robe DhA in. 420
VvA 76 = DhA in. 106, cp. civarakarnaka Av.§ 11.184,
& "ika Divy 239, 341, 350. -kamma (nt.) robe-making
Vin II. 218 ; 111.60, 240 ; iv.i 18, 151 ; A v.328 sq. ; DhA
111.342; PvA 73, 145. -kara (-samaya) (the time of)
sewing the robes Vin in. 256 sq. -kila (-samaya) the
right time for accepting robes Vin in. 261 ; iv.286. 287 ;
-(Una (-samaya) (the time for) giving robes Vin iv.77,
99; -dussa clothing-material Vin iv.279, 280; -nida-
the
haka putting on the c. Vin 1.284 : -patiggahaka
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receiver of a robe Vin 1.283 ; 11.176 ; v.205 ; A 111.274 sq.
-pativisa a portion of the c. \'in 1.263. 285, 301 ;
-palibodha an obstacle to the valid performance of the
kathina ceremony arising from a set of robes being
due to a particular person [a technical term of the
canon law. See Vinaya Texts 11.149, 157, 169]. It is
one of the two kathinassa palibodha (c. & avasa°)
Vin 1.265 ; v. 1 7. cp. 178 ; -paviveka (nt.) the seclusion
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of the robe, i. e. of a non- Buddhist with two other
pavivekani (pindapata" & sennsana") at A 1. 240
-bhanga the distribution of robes Vin iv.284 ; -bbatta
robes & a meal (given to the bh.) \'in in. 265; -bhajaka
one who deals
v.205; A III. 274 sq.
out the robes Vin 1.285; 11.176;
(cp. "patiggahakal ; -bhisi a robe
rolled up hke a pillow Vin 1.287 sq. ; -rajju (f.) a rope
for (hanging up) the robes ; in the Vinaya always
comb'' with "varjsa (see below) ; -liikha (adj.) one who
; -vagsa a bamboo peg for
is poorly dressed Pug 53
hanging up a robe (cp. °iajju) Vin 1.47. 286; 11.117,