ārāmika (2899)

ārāmika
Entry 2899, Page 104, Col. 1

(ArAmika, ArAmika)
ārāmika¦, m. (in sense 1 once in Rājat., pw; in Pali apparently only in sense 2, and so usually in BHS), (1) gardener: Av i.36.10 ff.; 120.14; 124.6, et alibi; (2) an attendant in a Buddhist ārāma, i.e. a grove used by monks: Mvy 3843; Mv i.325.19 °ka-sahasrāṇi upasthāpayiṣyanti (in a grove for monks); Divy 43.20 (here Tib. khim pa zhig, Bailey, JRAS 1950.180; āgārika ?); 155.13; 157.25, 27 et alibi; Bbh 166.25; Prāt 494.10; Laṅk 308.6.