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Upasaka. Fem. Upasika. A Buddhist layman, bound by the five vows to avoid killing, stealing, lying, sexual misconduct, and intoxicating liquor. The Tibetan equivalent, genyen, means 'pursuer of virtue;' layman, lay devotees, lay follower [RY]
six types of layperson / upasaka [RY]


(aup'asaka, genyen [IW]
the six kinds of genyen [IW]


upasaka, layman, boy-monk about 7 or 8, male lay devotee, buddhist devotee with only 8 vows to observe [JV]
the six kinds of genyen [of personal liberation, skyabs 'gro'i dge bsnyen, sna gcig dge bsnyen, sna 'ga'i dge bsnyen, phal cher dge bsnyen, yongs rdzogs dge bsnyen, tshangs spyod dge bsnyen just refuge, 1 precept, several, most, all, chaste] [IW]
 
(aup'asaka, genyen [among the [[so thar ris bdun]], eg laymen w the five precepts, lay devotees, genyen, virtue obtained, (not to kill, not to lie, not to steal, not to take intoxicants, not to engage in sexual misconduct), (upasa_ka) Some may omit the intoxicants vow etc. or take the 8 1 day precepts] [IW]


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six types of layperson / upasaka [RY]

the six kinds of genyen [IW]

the six kinds of genyen [of personal liberation, skyabs 'gro'i dge bsnyen, sna gcig dge bsnyen, sna 'ga'i dge bsnyen, phal cher dge bsnyen, yongs rdzogs dge bsnyen, tshangs spyod dge bsnyen just refuge, 1 precept, several, most, all, chaste] [IW]