Thera (Pali)

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Thera is a word from the language of the original Buddhist texts , Pali , and was originally the honorary title for older or particularly deserving bhikkhus - Buddhist monks .

In today's Thera - vada a Bhikkhu is, however Thera called when more than ten years, his Upasampada ( full ordination has received). It corresponds to the term Sthavira used in Sanskrit texts .

The Pali-German dictionary reads (quote):

1 thera adj   1. old, venerable; 2. firm, thick

2 thera m   1. Venerable, Rel   Elder; 2. Buddh  religious Elderly (especially meritorious monk od one with at least ten years, high-ordination)

Mahathera ( maha = great) expresses that a bhikkhu has been ordained for more than twenty years.

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  1. ↑ Literal teaching of the religious elders , the oldest version of the teachings of the Buddha handed down in Pali , which - as Nyanatiloka summarizes the tradition - is said to have been put down in writing by " 500 holy religious elders " after his death ; According to Reissmüller 2006, vadati means ( ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ), p. 213 'speak'.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dhamma-dana.de
  2. ↑ a b Robby Geyer: Monasteries and monastery life in the kingdom of Pagan ( ; PDF; 2.1 MB). "Writing number 3" of the series of electronic publications on the history of South Asia , ed. v. Gita Dharampal-Frick (general editor) and Georg Berkemer (series editor) of the Department of History of South Asia of the South Asia Institute of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität zu Heidelberg p. 11 and here ( memento of the original from July 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info : The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theravadanetz.de
  3. ↑ Santuttho Bhikkhu: Nighandu - Pali-German dictionary . Ed .: self-published. 1st edition. Self-published, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-056697-4 , p. 557 .