saMnipAta
saṃnipāta , m. (also nt. in Mv ; = Pali id. ; Skt. id. not noted in this sense), gathering, assembly of people: so 'drākṣīd rājā … mahājana-°taṃ vikrośantaṃ Divy 325.12 ; of bodhisattvas, parṣat-°taḥ … bodhisattvānāṃ Dbh 7.2 ; bodhisattva-°ta-maṇḍalamāḍe ( q.v. ) Mmk 1.4 ; usually of Buddhist disciples, śrāvaka; acc. to Divy 18.9 and 489.9 Buddhas hold two annual gatherings of disciples, (dharmatā khalu) yathā buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ śrāvakāṇāṃ dvau °tau bhavataḥ, viz. at the beginning of the rainy season and at the full moon of Kārttika; in Mv , as in Pali ( DN ii.5.7 ff. ; Jāt. i.30.4 ff. ; 35.1 ff. ), any Buddha is spoken of as holding three general assemblies, the number attending at each being generally stated, trayaḥ °pātā bhūtā (so most mss. ), prathamo śrāvaka-°to ṣaṇṇavati koṭīyo abhūṣi, etc. , Mv i.59.6 ; so also i.248.9 ff. ; 251.7 ; iii.246.17 ff. ; only one for each Buddha mentioned iii.233.19 = 237.21 ; ( nt. ,) (idaṃ) bhagavato prathamaṃ śrāvaka-°taṃ ardhatrayodaśa ( em. ) bhikṣuśatāni iii.432.6 ; more than three in Sukh , iyantataḥ ( q.v. ) sa prathama-°to 'bhūt 32.1 , kaḥ punar vādo dvitīya-tṛtīyādīnāṃ śrāvaka- °tānām, evam anantāparyantas tasya bhagavataḥ śrāvakasaṃgho 4.