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ཞལ་ཏ་པ། | Glossary of Terms
ཞལ་ཏ་པ།
zhal ta pa
vaiyāpṛtyakara
- Term
- Administrative duties
- ཞལ་ཏ་བྱེད་པ།
- zhal ta byed pa
- vaiyāpṛtyakara
A term used to describe a managerial role or administrative duties in a monastic setting. While the position can be filled by a monk, it appears to be typically delegated to non-monastics.
- Attendant
- ཞལ་ཏ་པ།
- zhal ta pa
- vaiyāpṛtyakara
A monk in charge of providing for monastery residents and visitors. One of several official administrative or managerial positions at a monastery.
- Monastic administrator
- ཞལ་ཏ་པ།
- zhal ta pa
- vaiyāpṛtyakara
The officer who receives and administers donations on behalf of the Saṅgha.
- Monk caretaker
- དགེ་སློང་ཞལ་ཏ་བྱེད་པ།
- dge slong zhal ta byed pa
- vaiyāpṛtyakarabhikṣu
A monk in charge of providing for monastery residents and visitors. One of several official administrative or managerial positions at a monastery.