四眾

See also: 四众

Chinese

four numerous; multitude; crowd
trad. (四眾/四衆) /
simp. (四众)

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit चतस्रः पर्षदः (catasraḥ parṣadaḥ). Compare Tibetan འཁོར་བཞི་པོ། ('khor bzhi po)

Pronunciation


Proper noun

四眾

  1. (Buddhism) the four divisions of Buddhist disciples; namely 比丘 (bǐqiū), 比丘尼 (bǐqiūní), 優婆塞优婆塞 (yōupósè), 優婆夷优婆夷 (yōupóyí).
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