upāsake

Tocharian B

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उपासक (upāsaka).

Noun

upāsake m

1. layperson of a religious order

Derived terms

• upāsakāñca
• upāsakäññe
  • upāsakäññeṣṣe

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “upāsake”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 75