อุปสมบท

Borrowed from Pali upasampadā (“entry into a monastic order; admission to a monastic order”, literally “going near together; coming close together”); ultimately from Sanskrit उपसम्पदा (upasampadā, “idem”).

Doublet of อุปสัมปทา.

Cognate with Burmese ဥပသမ္ပဒါ (u.pa.sampa.da), Old Khmer upasampada, Modern Khmer ឧបសម្ប័ទ (ʼŏbâsâmbât), Lao ອຸບປະສົມບົດ (ʼup pa som bot).

อุปสมบท • (ù-bpà-sǒm-bòt) (abstract noun การอุปสมบท)

1. (Buddhism, transitive) to ordain (someone) as a full priest called bhikshu
2. (Buddhism, intransitive) to be ordained as as a full priest called bhikshu

• อุปสัมปทาเปกข์