དགེ་བསྙེན་

དགེ་བསྙེན། (Wyl. dge bsnyen) n. Pron.: genyen

• Skt. upāsaka. [Categories of Prātimokṣa]
• Skt. upasaka. layman [Pratimoksha Vows] [Eight Classes of Pratimoksha Vows]
• Skt. उपासकः, upāsaka, Pron.: upasaka. From Sanskrit: serving, a servant | worshipping, a worshipper, follower | intent on, engaged or occupied with | a Buddhist lay worshipper | as distinguished from the Bhikshu | a Śūdra [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW

Further Information

• Pratimoksha vows