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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>
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-[[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
-[[Category:Sanskrit terms]]
-[[Category:Pali terms]]
-[[Category:Buddhist terms]]