substantif (masculin) : disciple masculin, “celui qui s'assied aux pieds de (l'enseignant)”, fidèle 'laïque'
upāsaka [fr.upa + ās,cp.upāsati] a devout or faithful layman,a lay devotee Vin.I,4,16 (tevāciko u.),37,139,195 sq.; II,125; III,6,92; IV,14,109; D.I,85; II,105,113; III,134,148,153,168,172 sq.,264; M.I,29,467,490; S.V,395,410; A.I,56 sq.; II,132 (°parisā); III 206 (°caṇḍāla,°ratana); IV,220 sq.(kittāvatā hoti); Sn.376,384; J.I,83; Pv I 104; Vbh.248 (°sikkhā); DA.I,234; PvA.36,38,54,61,207.– f.upāsikā Vin.I,18,141,216; III,39; IV,21,79; D.III,124,148,172,264; M.I,29,467,491; S.II,235 sq.; A.I,88; II,132; V,287 sq.; Miln.383; PvA.151,160.
upāsaka [agt. upās] a. m. n. f. upāsikā serviteur | adepte; fidèle, disciple | occupé de; ayant l'intention de | bd. disciple laïc du Buddha; opp. bhikṣu.