The Sanskrit term Dvādaśavargīya can be transliterated into English as Dvadasavargiya or Dvadashavargiya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Dvādaśavargīya (द्वादशवर्गीय).—f. °yā, pl., belonging to a group of twelve (nuns; clearly not heretics as stated in Index): °yābhiḥ śrutam Divyāvadāna 493.12; °yābhir 495.23. No such group has been discovered in Pali; the context in Divyāvadāna is my only source of knowledge of the meaning. It can hardly mean members of the dvādaśavarga, q.v., in the sense of quorum for ordination. Apparently these nuns were given to cavilling and trouble-making; they object to functions assigned to (Cūḍa-)Panthaka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dvādaśavargīyā (द्वादशवर्गीया):—[=dvā-daśa-vargīyā] [from dvādaśa-varga > dvā-daśa > dvā] f. [plural] 12 female heretics, [Divyāvadāna]

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Partial matches: Vargiya, Dvadasha.

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