Taxonomy of meanings for 眷屬:  

  • STUDENT
    • NPpluralBUDDH: family members > disciples of the Buddha, assembly of monks/nuns
    • NPdefiniteBUDDH: disciple
  • RELATIVES
    • NPpluralrelatives, family members (in the Buddhist context occasionally also referring to close disciples; see DISCIPLE); more generally: followers 眷屬諸親 (T.3/179: 450b18)