pravAraRa
pravāraṇa , ( 1 ) nt. , also °ṇā (= Pali °ṇā; once °ṇam in Mbh. Cr. ed. 5.7.15 ; to 1 pravārayati ), offer, tender of entertainment or of some gift, presentation : samyak-°ṇā Bbh 303.2 , one of the Bodhisattvaʼs duties; cāturmāsikā bhikṣuṇā °ṇā svīkartavyā Prāt 520.7, and ff. (refers to situation of Mvy 8500 , and Pali Vin. iv.102.38 ff. , see 1 pravārayati ); akṛtanirikti- ( Mironov kṛtanirikta, see nirikta )-°ṇam Mvy 8457 ; see also pravāraka 2; ( 2 ) nt. , also °ṇā (= Pali °ṇā; to 2 pravārayati , which may be a denom. to this; see also °rika , and °rita ), the ceremony performed by monks at the end of the rainy season : °ṇam Mvy 8682 = Tib. dgag dbye (also dgag phye ); °ṇa-vastu id. 9103 ; °ṇa-sūtra, n. of a work (= Pali SN i.190—192 , called Pavāraṇā), Hoernle MR 39.25 ; °ṇā Divy 91.12 ( mss. prāvar°), 93.10 ; Prāt 501.4 ; Av i.308.7 ; ii.136.7 (read °ṇāyām with Corrig. 211 ); MSV iv.119.5 ff. (in the °ṇāvastu).