Bhante
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Bhante (Pali; Sanskrit: vande and vandanā[1]) is a respectful title used to address monks, nuns, and superiors, especially in the Theravada tradition. In English, the term is often translated as "Venerable One".[2]
Bhante is a gender-neutral term, and may be used to address both monks and nuns.
Bhante can also be used as an honorific title for respected monastics, similar to Ajahn, Phra or Luang Por in Thailand or Ashin in Burma. For example, "Bhante Sujato" and "Ajahn Sujato" are both respectful forms of address for the teacher named "Sujato".
Grammatically, "bhante" is a vocative case form of a Pali word "bhadanta" (venerable, reverend).[3] The vocative case denotes and is used for address.[4]
The Nepali terms bare (pron. baré) and bande have the same derivation and are used to address Buddhist clergy.[5]
Notes
- ↑ The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art by John C. Huntington, Dina Bangdel. Serindia Publications: 2003 ISBN 1932476016 Page 29
- ↑ Rhys Davids, Thomas William; Steele, William, eds. (1905). The Pali-English dictionary (Reprint of Oxford 1905 edition, circa 1997 ed.). New Delhi / Chennai: Asian Educational Services. p. 498. ISBN 81-206-1273-6.
- ↑ Value Bhadanta, bhaddanta Pali Text Society Pali-English Dictionary
- ↑ Buddhist Precept & Practice Gombrich, Richard F. Claredon Press: 1995 ISBN 0710304447, Page 141
- ↑ The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art by John C. Huntington, Dina Bangdel. Serindia Publications: 2003 ISBN 1932476016 Page 29
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