paYcavarga
pañcavarga (= Pali °vagga, Vin. i.319.30 ), consisting of a group of five; a quorum of five (monks), sufficient to perform ordination ‘in border countries’ in Pali , Vin. i.197.31 , cf. i.319.31 : pañca-vargena (so, n!) gaṇena upasaṃpadā ( q.v. ) Mv i.2.16 ; a quorum for performing pravāraṇā, MSV ii.203.15—16 , cf. 204.18 ff.