དགེ་ཚུལ་

JH-ENG

novice monastic

JH-SKT

zramaNera

OT

[453] (shramaNeraH) so thar ris bdun gyi nang gses/ bslab pa'i gzhi bcu dang/ char gtogs blangs 'das sa gsum bsrung bar khas len pa'i rab tu byung ba'i skyes bu/ ...

YOGA

zrAmaNera

JV

sramanera, boy-monk about 15, male novice, novice-monk

IW, RB, RY

novice monk

IW

novice, *, shramanera, novitiate [keeping the five precepts with the addition of afternoon food, singing and the wearing of ornaments, the ten to be renounced by novices are the above eight with the addition of precious gems and high thrones or beds, and all things which are to be renounced by monks]. getsul, shramanera [among the so thar ris bdun, male renunciate vowing to keep the bslab pa'i gzhi 10 &, char gtogs blangs 'das sa gsum]. dge slong. getsul, shramanera * *, novitiate

RY

Novice, shramanera. Monk and nun novices alike are bound by a somewhat less severe version of the bhikshu's discipline. While bhikshu ordination cannot be taken before the age of twenty, novice ordination can be taken younger; the vows are taken for life. novice, *, [shramanera]. novitiate. The five basic vows with the addition of refraining from afternoon food, singing and the wearing of ornaments, the ten to be renounced by novices