Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c22.18

c22.18

¹ It may be noted that the texts allow the quorum to vary with the purposes of the Saṁgha meetings. "The lowest number which can constitute a Saṁgha is four" [*Mahāv.*, viii, 24, 1], but such a Saṁgha is not entitled to perform the Upasampadā ordination. Saṁghas of five, ten, twenty persons and more are referred to with their different powers [ib., ix, 4].