分衛

(分衛, 分卫)

piṇḍapāta, [lang id =1028]賓荼波多; [lang id =1028]儐荼夜 food given as alms; piṇḍapātika means one who lives on alms; it is also interpreted as [lang id =1028]團墮 lumps (of food) falling (into the begging bowl); the reference is to the Indian method of rolling the cooked food into a bolus for eating, or such a bolus given to the monks.