jYapti
jñapti , for (always in Mvy , but nowhere else) jñāpti , f. (= Pali ñatti), proposal, motion , made before the assembly of monks or nuns; in the BHS literary passages recorded, usually concerning initiation (upasaṃpadā): jñaptiṃ kṛtvā MSV ii.101.15 ; Bhīk 17b.3 , having made the motion : eṣā jñaptiḥ 5, this is the proposal ; (duḥśīlena bhikṣuṇā … na ca) jñaptir dātavyā Kv 96.14 (… prāg eva jñapticaturthaṃ 15, see below); jñāpti-karma(n), id. , Mvy 8660 (= Pali ñatti-kamma); jñapti° MSV ii.101.16 ; there are three forms in which the motion may be made (see SBE 13.169 , note 2), ( 1 ) isolated, simple ( muktikā , q.v. ) motion , not followed by a separate question as to whether the monks (or nuns) present approve, Mvy 8659 ; Bhīk 15b.3 ; ( 2 ) accompanied (followed) by a single such formal question , called jñapti- ( Mvy jñāpti-)dvitīyam ( sc. karma; = Pali ñatti-dutiya-kamma), Mvy 8661 ; MSV ii.178.12 ; ( 3 ) accompanied by three such questions, called jñapti- ( Mvy jñāpti-)caturtham (karma; = Pali ñatti-catutthakamma), Mvy 8662 ; 8754 °tha-karmaṇopasaṃpanno bhikṣuḥ; Bhīk 31b.1 jñapticaturthena karmaṇā; Divy 356.16 °thaṃ ca karma vyavasitaṃ; Kv 96.15 , see above; MSV ii.178.12 . The putting of the questions (one or three) to the congregation, after the jñapti, is called karmavācanā , q.v.