Bhante

Bhante is a word from the language of the original Buddhist texts , Pali , and means lord or venerable .

It is used as a deferential form of address for Buddhist bhikkhus , the monks . Occasionally it is also used with regard to Buddha himself, who is mostly addressed as bhadante , a substitute word for the missing form of address of bhagavant "sublime".

• See also Buddhist monasticism

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reißmüller 2006, p. 38
2. ↑ Reißmüller 2006, p 44, 208
3. ↑ Reißmüller 2006, p 41 u. 169

Web links

• Heinz Reissmüller: Pali. - An introduction to the language of the Buddha ( ), Buddhist Society Munich, 2006. (PDF file; 511 kB)