Upādhyāya
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
upādhyāya. (P. upajjhāya; T. mkhan po; C. heshang 和尚) is translated as "abbot," “preceptor,” "religious instructor," etc.[1]
Princeton Dictionary states:
- The upādhyāya is first and foremost a monk who confers the lower ordination (see pravrajita) to new novices (śrāmaṇera) and higher ordination (upasaṃpadā) to monks (bhikṣu). To act as an upādhyāya, a monk must be qualified and competent and be of at least ten years standing in the order since his own higher ordination. The relationship of the preceptor to the disciple is described as being like that of father and son.[1]
The 84000 glossary states:
- A sponsor of young novices and monks; he or she must have at least ten years of standing in the saṅgha, confers ordination, teaches, and provides students with all the necessary requisites. See also teacher (Skt. ācārya).[2]
And also:
- An office decreed by the Buddha so that aspirants would not have to receive ordination from the Buddha in person. The Buddha identified two types: those who grant entry into the renunciate order and those who grant ordination.[2]
The Tibetan translation, khenpo (མཁན་པོ་), has also come to mean “a learned scholar,” the equivalent of a paṇḍita, but that is not the intended meaning in Indic Buddhist literature.[2]
The female equivalent for upādhyāya is upādhyāyā (T. མཁན་མོ་).
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. upādhyāya
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
mkhan po, Christian-Steinert Dictionary