sAvadAna
sāvadāna , f. °nā and °nī , adj. , °nam , adv. (= Pali sapadāna, rarely v.l. sā°, see CPD , s.v. apadāna, usually as in BHS of monksʼ begging rounds; acc. to Vism. 60.19—21 sa-apa-(= apetaṃ)-dāna (= avakhaṇḍanaṃ), avakhaṇḍavirahitaṃ anugharan ti; true etym. uncertain), in regular, systematic order ; chiefly of monksʼ begging rounds, un-interrupted(ly) , going from one house to the next in order: °naṃ ( prob. adv. ) Mvy 8567 , Chin. acc. to Lévi on Karmav 21.14 dans lʼordre de succession , which is prob. intended by Tib. mthar chags ; context proves application to begging rounds; taṃ grāmaṃ °naṃ piṇḍāya caritvā Mv i.301.9 ; brāhmaṇagrāme °naṃ piṇḍāya caranto 327.8 ; °nīṃ Vaiśālīṃ piṇḍāya caritvā Av i.8.7 ; °naṃ … piṇḍopacaraṇaṃ Karmav 21.14 ; (saṃtatyā piṇḍāya) cartavyaṃ °nacāriṇā ca bhavitavyaṃ Śikṣ 128.8 ; exceptionally of speech, sanidānavatīṃ vācaṃ bhāṣate kālena sāvadānāṃ Dbh 24.20 ( uninterrupted? or well-ordered, regulated? but Tib. śin tu go ba , well understanding ; one Chin. transl. having stages or divisions ); Kondoʼs ed. cites one ms. as sāpa°.