The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

C"ra
C"ra (nt.) [Sk. c"ra, cp. c"vara] 1. bark, fibre D i.167 (kusa˚, v!ka˚, phalaka˚); Vin iii.34; A i.295; Pug 55. --
a bark dress Vin i.305; J vi.500 (cp. c"raka). -- 2. a strip (orig. of bark), in suva**a˚ -- khacita gold --
brocaded VvA 280 (see also next). Cp. oc"raka (under od"raka).
C"raka
C"raka [cp. c"ra] 1. bark (see cpds.) -- 2. a strip, in suva**a˚ gold brocade (dress) J v.197. -- v!sika (nt.)
bark -- dress (a punishment) M i.87=A i.48=Miln 197.
C"riya
C"riya (adj.) [fr. c"ra] like or of bark, in cpd. d!ru˚ (as Np.) "wood -- barker" DhA ii.35.
C"ri)ik!
C"ri)ik! (f.) [cp. Sk. c"r" & jhillik! a cricket, c"rilli a sort of large fish] a cricket A iii.397 (v. l. c"rik!). Cp.
on word -- formation pipi)ik! & Mod. Gr. tsi/tsikos cricket.
C"vara
C"vara (nt.) [*Sk. c"vara, prob.=c"ra, appld orig. to a dress of bark] the (upper) robe of a Buddhist
mendicant. C. is the first one of the set of 4 standard requisites of a wandering bhikkhu, vir. c˚, pi*.ap!ta
alms-bowl, sen!sana lodging, a place to sleep at, gil!napaccaya -- bhesajja -- parikkh!ra medicinal
appliances for use in sickness. Thus mentioned passim e. g. Vin iii.89, 99, 211; iv.154 sq.; D i.61; M ii.102;
A i.49; Nd2 s. v.; It 111. In abbreviated form Sn 339; PvA 7; Sdhp 393. In starting on his begging round the
bhikkhu goes patta -- c"vara' !d!ya, The 3 robes are sangh!&i, uttar!sa=ga, antarav!saka, given thus, e.g. at
Vin i.289. that is literally 2 taking his bowl & robe. 3 But this is an elliptical idiom meaning 2 putting on his
outer robe and taking his bowl. 3 A bhikkhu never goes into a village without wearing all his robes, he
never takes them, or any one of the three, with him. Each of the three is simply
-- 270 --
an oblong piece of cloth (usually cotton cloth). On the mode of wearing these three robes see the note at
Dialogues ii.145. -- Vin iii.11; D ii.85; Sn p. 21; PvA 10, 13 & passim. The sewing of the robe was a
festival for the laity (see under ka&hina). There are 6 kinds of cloth mentioned for its manufacture, viz.
khoma, kapp!sika, koseyya, kambala, s!*a, bhanga Vin. i.58=96=281 (cp. ˚dussa). Two kinds of robes are
distinguished: one of the gahapatika (layman) a white one, and the other that of the bhikkhu, the c. proper,
called pa'suk(la' c. "the dust -- heap robe" Vin v.117 (cp. gahapati). -- On c"vara in general & also on
special ordinances concerning its making, wearing & handling see Vin i.46, 49 sq., 196, 198, 253 sq., 285,
287 sq., 306=ii.267 (of var. colours); ii.115 sq. (sibbati to sew the c.); iii.45, 58 (theft of a c.), 195 -- 223,
254 -- 266; iv.59 -- 62, 120 -- 123, 173, 279 sq., 283 (six kinds). -- A iii.108 (c"vare kaly!*ak!ma); v.100,
206; Vism 62; It 103; PvA 185. -- S"se c"vara' karoti to drape the outer robe over the head Vin ii.207, 217;
˚' khandhe karoti to drape it over the back Vin ii.208, 217; ˚' nikkhipati to lay it down or put it away Vin
i.47 sq.; ii.152, 224; iii.198, 203, 263; ˚' sa'harati to fold it up Vin i.46. -- Var. expressions referring to the
use of the robe: atireka˚ an extra robe Vin iii.195; acceka˚ id. Vin iii.260 sq.; k!la˚ (& ak!la˚) a robe given
at (and outside) the specified time Vin iii.202 sq.; iv.284, 287; gahapati˚ a layman's r. Vin iii.169, 171; ti˚
the three robes, viz. sangh!&", uttar!sanga, antarav!saka Vin i.288, 289; iii.11, 195, 198 sq.; v.142; adj.
tec"varika wearing 3 rs. Vin v.193; dubbala˚ (as adj.) with a worn -- out c. Vin iii.254; iv.59, 154, 286;
pa'suk(la˚ the dust -- heap robe PvA 141; sa˚ -- bhatta food given with a robe Vin iv.77; l(kha˚ (adj.)
having a coarse robe Vin i.109 (+duccola); iii.263 (id.); A i.25; vih!ra˚ a robe to be used in the monastery
Vin iii.212. -- ka**a the lappet of a monk's robe DhA iii.420; VvA 76=DhA iii.106, cp. c"varakar*aka Av.-