དགེ་བསྙེན་
དགེ་བསྙེན། (Wyl. dge bsnyen) n. Pron.: genyen
- Skt. upāsaka. [Categories of Prātimokṣa]
- Skt. upasaka. layman [Pratimoksha Vows] [Eight Classes of Pratimoksha Vows]
- Skt. उपासकः, upāsaka, Pron.: upasaka. From Sanskrit: serving, a servant | worshipping, a worshipper, follower | intent on, engaged or occupied with | a Buddhist lay worshipper | as distinguished from the Bhikshu | a Śūdra [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW