Upāsaka
Upāsaka (masculine) or Upāsikā (feminine) are from the Sanskrit and Pāli words for "attendant". This is the title of followers of Buddhism (or, historically, of Gautama Buddha) who are not monks, nuns, or novice monastics in a Buddhist order, and who undertake certain vows. In modern times they have a connotation of dedicated piety that is best suggested by terms such as "lay devotee" or "devout lay follower".
| Translations of Upāsaka | |
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| English | lay devotee |
| Sanskrit | उपासक (upāsaka) |
| Pali | उपासक (upāsaka) |
| Burmese | ဥပါသကာ / ဥပါသိကာ (MLCTS: ṵpàθakà / ṵpàθḭkà) |
| Chinese | 優婆塞, 優婆夷 / 鄔波索迦, 鄔波斯迦 / 在家眾 / 居士 (Pinyin: yōupósāi / jushi) |
| Japanese | 在家（ざいけ） / 優婆塞（うばそく） / 優婆夷（うばい） (Rōmaji: zaike / ubasoku / ubai) |
| Khmer | ឧបាសក (masculine)/ឧបាសិកា (feminine) (UNGEGN: ŭbasâk (masculine)/ŭbasĕka (feminine)) |
| Korean | 우바새 / 우바이 (RR: ubasae / ubai) |
| Mongolian | ᠤᠪᠠᠰᠢ/ᠤᠪᠠᠰᠢᠨᠵᠠ (ubaşi/ubasinja); ᠭᠡᠨᠡᠨ/ᠭᠡᠨᠡᠨᠮᠠ᠋ (genen/genenma) |
| Tibetan | དགེ་བསྙེན/དགེ་བསྙེན་མ (genyen/genyenma) |
| Thai | อุบาสก / อุบาสิกา (RTGS: Ubasok / Ubasika) |
| Vietnamese | Ưu-bà-tắc (Cận sự nam - Upāsaka) / Ưu-bà-di (Cận sự nữ - Upāsikā) |
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