vinaya

See also: Vinay

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Pali vinaya.

Noun

vinaya (uncountable)

  1. (Buddhism) The rules that regulate Buddhist monastic life.

Translations

Pali

Alternative scripts

Etymology

vi- +‎ (root) +‎ -a; see Sanskrit विनय (vinaya​) for more.

Noun

vinaya m

  1. removal
  2. (logic) rule, terminology
  3. norm of conduct
  4. the code of monastic discipline

Declension

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vinaya”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  • Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 575.