A Glossary of Dharmarakṣa's Translation of the Lotus Sūtra
四部之衆
四部之衆(sì bù zhī zhòng) “the fourfold assemblies of Buddhist disciples,i.e. monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen” Cf. 四輩(sì bèi) etc.;not found at HD. 3.587.; not found at DK. 3.38.;
63c1.天雨意華、大意華、柔軟音華、大柔軟音華，散世尊上及於大會四部之衆(p)
K. 5.12.catur~ parṣad~; L. 2b12.大衆;
103c27.四部之衆悉亦各起叉手而立(p)