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'''Upāsaka''' (feminine ''upāsikā'') is a [[Sanskrit]] and Pāli word for "attendant" or "he who serves". The word refers to "lay auxiliaries" of a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monastic community who are not monks, nuns, or novice monastics, and who undertake certain vows.<ref>Jan Nattier, ''A Few Good Men: The Bodhisattva Path according to The Inquiry of Ugra (Ugraparpṛcchā)'' (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2003), 25.</ref>

[[H. P. Blavatsky]] was frequently referred to as "[[Upasika]]" by the [[Mahatmas]].

== Notes ==

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==Further reading==

*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Up%C4%81saka# Upāsaka] at Theosopedia


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