Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c31.s4.44

v2.c31.s4.44

Buston or Obermiller has no doubt been misled by the Tibetan rendering of the Sanskrit word anumodanā, which, though derived from the root mud, does not carry the meaning of "rejoice". Anumodanā in Pāli means "acquiescence of an act done by the Saṅgha in one's absence". This is also an instance of anomaly of converting a Prakrit word into Sanskrit. We are not aware what was the original Prakrit word, but evidently the Pālists made it anumati. In any case, the interpretations offered by the different Vinaya texts are similar, i.e., getting an ecclesiastical act performed in an incomplete assembly approved by the absentee members.