BUDDHIST CLERGY   

Hyponym
Hypernym
  • SHAMAN　ADULT HUMAN whose WORK is to COMMUNICATE with DEITIES so as to SERVE OTHER HUMANS.  (anc: 8/0, child: 2)
  • ADULT　HUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME. (anc: 7/0, child: 20)
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)

Words (3 items)

徒眾  tú zhòng OC: daa tjuŋs MC: duo̝ tɕuŋ 5 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPdefiniteBUDDH: assembly of disciples (at a given place and at a certain time)
大眾  dà zhòng OC: daads tjuŋs MC: dɑi tɕuŋ 5 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPdefiniteBUDDH: the great assembly, the assembly of monks (in a monastery or another setting)
四眾  sì zhòng OC: plids tjuŋs MC: si tɕuŋ 2 Attributions
  • An Introduction to Buddhism ( TAKASAKI 1987) p. 250

  • 中國佛教百科全書 Zhōngguó fójiào bǎikē quánshū Encyclopedic Book Collection on Chinese Buddhism ( YANG WEIZHONG 2000) p. 52-56

    Syntactic words
  • NPbuddhistBUDDH: the fourfold assembly, including monks (比丘), nuns (比丘尼), laymen (優婆塞), and laywomen (優婆夷); skr. catuṣ-pariṣad; pali catu-parisā