Ayya (Pali word)
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Ayya (Pali word)
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Ayya is a Pali word, translated as "honourable" or "worthy". It is most commonly used as a veneration in addressing or referring to an ordained female Buddhist monk, most often of the Theravādin tradition in Southeast Asia. It is sometimes mistaken as equivalent to Christian use of the word, "sister." Ayya can refer to either a Bhikkhunī, a Samaneri (shramanerika) ten-precept novice renunciant, or a Sikkhamana, but not to non-ordained precept-holders.
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A pali language title of nobility in Buddhism
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayya_(Pali_word)
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2023-04-07T19:58:31Z
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