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JH-ENG |
approacher to virtue; layperson with vows; lay practitioner |
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upAsaka |
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[447] (upAsakaH) so thar ris bdun gyi nang gses/ bslab pa gzhi lnga bsrung bar khas len pa'i khyim na gnas pa'i skyes bu/ ... |
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JV |
upasaka, layman, boy-monk about 7 or 8, male lay devotee, buddhist devotee with only 8 vows to observe |
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(aup'asaka, genyen [among the སོ་ཐར་རིས་བདུན་, eg laymen w the five precepts, lay devotees, genyen, virtue obtained, (not to kill, not to lie, not to steal, not to take intoxicants, not to engage in sexual misconduct), (upasa_ka) Some may omit the intoxicants vow etc. or take the 8 1 day precepts] |
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Upasaka. Fem. Upasika. A Buddhist layman, bound by the five vows to avoid killing, stealing, lying, sexual misconduct, and intoxicating liquor. The Tibetan equivalent, genyen, means 'pursuer of virtue;' layman, lay devotees, lay follower |