upāsake

Tocharian B

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उपासक (upāsaka).

Noun

upāsake m

  1. layperson of a religious order

Derived terms

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
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