Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mod. theos., a disciple (at a specified stage of his ‘progress’).
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Go beyond words, the Wisdom Publications blog, currently features “History in the Making,” a guest post by editor David Kittelstrom regarding (in part) the expulsion of bhikku Ajahn Brahmavamso (a.k.a. Ajahn Brahm) from the Wat Pa Phong Sangha.
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Go beyond words, the Wisdom Publications blog, currently features “History in the Making,” a guest post by editor David Kittelstrom regarding (in part) the expulsion of bhikku Ajahn Brahmavamso (a.k.a. Ajahn Brahm) from the Wat Pa Phong Sangha.
"The Halloween Monk" 2009
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The monk (_bhikshu, bhikku_) was formally enrolled as a disciple, wore the gown and tonsure, etc.
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894
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Wimalaratana Thera entered the bhikku order on 20th February 1956 as a pupil of late Bellanwila Sri Somaratana Nayaka Thera the chief incumbent of Bellanwila Raja Maha Vihara, a historic Buddhist temple located in the outskirts of Colombo.
The Buddhist Channel 2009
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Conse - quently the whole body of the Buddhist order consists of four kinds of followers: (1) monks (bhikkhu in Pāli, bhikku in Sanskrit), (2) nuns (bhikkhunī in Pāli, bhikkunī in Sanskrit), (3) laymen (upāsaka), and (4) lay women (upāsikā).
BUDDHISM HAJIME NAKAMURA 1968
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Colombo Additional Magistrate Ajith Anawarathna remanded the bhikku.
Kottu 2008
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Colombo Additional Magistrate Ajith Anawarathna remanded the bhikku.
Kottu 2008
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Colombo Additional Magistrate Ajith Anawarathna remanded the bhikku.
Kottu 2008
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Colombo Additional Magistrate Ajith Anawarathna remanded the bhikku.
Kottu 2008
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Colombo Additional Magistrate Ajith Anawarathna remanded the bhikku.
Kottu 2008
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