優婆塞

Readings

Pinyin: yōupósē

Wade-Giles: yu-p'o-se

Hangul: 우바새

Korean MC: ubasae

Korean MR: ubasae

Katakana: ウバソク

Hepburn: ubasoku

ưu bà tắc

(Skt. upāsaka)

• A transliteration of the Sanskrit, meaning an adult lay male disciple; a layman. Originally meaning a servant, one of low caste, it became the name for a Buddhist layman who observes the eight precepts 八戒; a follower, disciple, devotee. The Sanskrit term was used by various schools in India, and was borrowed into Buddhism. See also 居士佛教. (Tib. dge bsnyen pha) Also transliterated as 烏波索迦, 優婆娑柯, 優波娑迦; 鄔波塞, 鄔波塞伽, 鄔波索迦, 鄔波素迦, and 伊蒲塞. Translated as 淸信高士, 淸信士, 近事男, 善宿男, and 近善男, 近住男, 長養男, 近住. [resp. cmuller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, YBh-Ind, Hirakawa, Yokoi]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 68

Bulgyo sajeon, 645a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 67b

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 323a/359

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 805

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 92d

Fo Guang Dictionary, 6409

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0151

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)226c

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 116-1

Lokakṣema's Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima), 595

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