Upāsaka
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Upāsaka (masculine) or Upāsikā (feminine) are from the Sanskrit and Pāli words for "attendant".[1] This is the title of followers of Buddhism (or, historically, of Gautama Buddha) who are not monks, nuns, or novice monastics in a Buddhist order, and who undertake certain vows.[2] In modern times they have a connotation of dedicated piety that is best suggested by terms such as "lay devotee" or "devout lay follower".[3]
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Translations of Upāsaka | |
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English | lay devotee |
Sanskrit | उपासक (upāsaka) |
Pali | उपासक (upāsaka) |
Burmese | ဥပါသကာ / ဥပါသိကာ (MLCTS: ṵpàθakà / ṵpàθḭkà) |
Chinese | 優婆塞, 優婆夷 / 鄔波索迦, 鄔波斯迦 / 在家眾 / 居士 (Pinyin: yōupósāi / jushi) |
Japanese | 在家(ざいけ) / 優婆塞(うばそく) / 優婆夷(うばい) (Rōmaji: zaike / ubasoku / ubai) |
Khmer | ឧបាសក (masculine)/ឧបាសិកា (feminine) (UNGEGN: ŭbasâk (masculine)/ŭbasĕka (feminine)) |
Korean | 우바새 / 우바이 (RR: ubasae / ubai) |
Mongolian | ᠤᠪᠠᠰᠢ/ᠤᠪᠠᠰᠢᠨᠵᠠ (ubaşi/ubasinja); ᠭᠡᠨᠡᠨ/ᠭᠡᠨᠡᠨᠮᠠ᠋ (genen/genenma) |
Tibetan | དགེ་བསྙེན/དགེ་བསྙེན་མ (genyen/genyenma) |
Thai | อุบาสก / อุบาสิกา (RTGS: Ubasok / Ubasika) |
Vietnamese | Ưu-bà-tắc (Cận sự nam - Upāsaka) / Ưu-bà-di (Cận sự nữ - Upāsikā) |
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