gupti , f. , in Mv nt. in form ( n. sg. °tiṃ), in Mv sometimes written gupta , nt. , seems to be false Sktization of the word which appears in Pali as kutti, apparently = Skt. kḷpti, form, formation, fashion : note esp. svara-gupti = Pali sara-kutti ( Jāt. vi.293.19 ; Vin. ii.108.18 , comm. 1202.6 = sara-kiriyā), form (timbre? so Lévi, JAs. 1915, I , 404 n. ) of voice , Bbh 61.(18—)20 (yādṛśī teṣāṃ varṇapuṣkalatā bhavati, tādṛśī tasya; yādṛśa āroha-pariṇāhaḥ, tādṛśas tasya bhavati;) yādṛśī svara-guptis teṣāṃ, tādṛśī tasya bhavati ( Chin. acc. to Wogihara sound , i.e. perhaps timbre, of words ); very similarly Divy 222.21 (Indra made Mūrdhāta like himself; there was no difference between them, na … nānākaraṇaṃ vā yad utāroha-)pariṇāho (so read with mss. , as in Bbh ; ed. em. °hau) varṇapuṣkalatā svara-guptyā svaragupter nānyatra …; see also s.v. guptikā ; in Mv a dozen times in a cliché where gupti (sometimes written gupta) is parallel and synonymous with liṅga, dhvaja, and kalpa (sometimes ākalpa; cf. Jāt. vi.293.19 ākappaṃ sara-kuttiṃ vā na rañño sadisam ācare); with minor variants the cliché reads yaṃ (yat) kiṃci(d) gṛhi- (or ṛṣi-, parivrājaka-, tīrthika-)-liṅgaṃ gṛhi-( etc. )-guptiṃ ( mss. sometimes guptaṃ, very rarely guptiḥ; Senart sometimes em. gupti) gṛhi-( etc. )-dhvajaṃ gṛhi-( etc. )-kalpaṃ ( mss. sometimes ākalpaṃ) sarvaṃ (sam-)antar(a)hitaṃ (antarahāye), describing sudden and miraculous changes in heretics upon their conversion— they suddenly appear like Buddhist monks: Mv ii.234.(3—)4 ; iii.65.(3—)4 ; 92.(8—)9 ; 180.14 ; 181.5 ; 329.11 ; 379.14 ; 413.(11—)12 ; 423.8 ; 430.16 ; 432.2 ; here prob. belongs also ācāra-gupti-kuhaka(ḥ) śramaṇaḥ KP 121.3 ; 123.1, 8 ; ācāraguptiḥ kuhako 126.12 ; here Tib. renders literally, (hypocritical) while guarding (propriety of conduct); as KP 123 makes clear in detail, it refers to a monk who [Page213-b] goes thru all the external proper forms of behavior but for interested, selfish motives (hence kuhaka); 2d and 3d Chin. translations render ācāra-gupti by (having) dignity of demeanor , and prob. gupti really meant external form , as very clearly in Mv . See next but one, and cf. gutti (for Skt. gupti, in a different sense).