TITLES OF RELIGIOUS PERSONS. 



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lyl (254) I Four morai, maxims used at making [a man] 



A Sramana " Ge-shong" or at the ordination of a priest, and at receiving any 



ONE into the religious order. 



1 Akrostena na pratyakrosti- 



tavyam 



2 Rositena na pratirositavyam 



4 Tadite na pratitaditavyam q^j^^.^^-.^^^.-.^^j^^.^j,.^ 



[not to abuse another although 

 abused by him]. 



not to become angry when in- 

 cited to anger. 



not to fret one again when 

 vexed [not to vex another in 

 return, when vexed]. 



[not to beat any one in return, 

 when beaten]. 



I. 



II (255). •^^'ygC'^'ai'2MST|^*^^'§C:'aj j Names (or terms) of persons who have 



TAKEN THE RELIGIOUS CHARACTER [ADOPTED THE RELIGIOUS LIFE]. 



I Pravrajita 



XH'ETTTr'rT 



one that has taken the rehgious 





character; an ecclesiastic. ' 



2 Upasaihpanna 





an ordained or consecrated 

 priest. 



3 Sramana 





a Buddhist priest [one who] 



exercises or purifies virtue. 



4 Bhiksu 





a priest, a gelong (that erects 





virtue) . 



5 Bhiksuni 





a priestess, a female ordained 

 religious person. 



6 Sramanera 





a young monk, one not yet 





ordained (a model of virtue). 



7 Sramanerika 





a female ditto. 



8 Siksamana 





a nun not yet ordained as a 

 priestess or gelongma (a 

 learner of virtue). 



9 Mahallaka 





old priests or religious persons, 

 residing in a convent. 



ID Siksadattaka 





an instructor, teacher. 



II Upasaka 





a layman Buddhist (approach- 

 ing to virtue). 



12 Upasika 





a female ditto. 



13 Posadhika 





a penitent or penitentiary. 



14 Upadhyaya 





a master, teacher, professor, 

 a principal. 



15 Acar\ a 





a teacher, professor, master in 

 any art. 



16 Karmakaraka 





a working man or a layman 





[who waits by day on priests. 



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etc.]. 



