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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>		#redirect [[Upasaka]

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

	~~== Notes ==~~

	~~<references/>~~


	~~==Further reading==~~

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


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

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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>		'''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]].

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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>		'''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>

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	'''Upāsaka''' (~~masculine) (fem.~~ ''upāsikā'') ~~are from the~~ [[Sanskrit]] and Pāli ~~words~~ for "attendant" or "he who serves" ~~and the~~ word ~~is best understood as~~ "lay ~~auxiliary~~" 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>		'''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>

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	'''Upāsaka''' (masculine) or '''~~Upāsikā~~'~~'' (feminine~~) are from the [[Sanskrit]] and Pāli words for "attendant"~~.<ref>Nattier (2003), p. 25, states that the etymology of ''upāsikā'' suggests~~ "~~those~~ who ~~serve~~" and ~~that~~ the word is best understood as "'lay auxiliary~~' of the monastic community.~~"~~</ref> This is the title of followers~~ of [[Buddhism]] ~~(or, historically, of [[Gautama Buddha]])~~ who are not ~~[[Bhikkhu\|monk]]s~~, ~~[[bhiksuni\|nun]]s~~, or ~~[[Samanera\|~~novice]] monastics ~~in a Buddhist order~~, and who undertake certain vows.<ref>Nattier ~~(2003)~~, ~~p. 25, notes: "...[T]he term~~ ''~~upāsaka'' (fem. ''upāsikā'') ... is now increasingly recognized~~ to ~~be not a generic term for supporters~~ of the Buddhist community who happen not to be monks or nuns, but a very precise category designating those lay adherents who have taken on specific vows. ...[T]hese dedicated lay Buddhists did not constitute a free-standing community, but were rather adjunct members of particular monastic organizations."</ref> In modern times they have a connotation of dedicated piety that is best suggested by terms such as "[[Laity\|lay]] devotee" or "devout lay follower."<ref>Rhys Davids & Stede (~~1921-25~~)~~, p. 150, entry for "Upāsaka," available at http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.0:1:3992.pali; and, Encyclopædia Britannica~~ (~~2007), entry for "upasaka," available at http~~:~~//www.britannica.com/eb/article-9074383/upasaka. Also~~, ~~see Nattier (~~2003), p. 25~~, quoted at length above, for recent scholarship on the Pali term's historical usage.~~</ref>		'''Upāsaka''' (masculine) (fem. ''upāsikā'') are from the [[Sanskrit]] and Pāli words for "attendant" or "he who serves" and the word is best understood as "lay auxiliary" 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>

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