ཁྱིམ་བདག | Glossary of Terms
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ཁྱིམ་བདག
- khyim bdag
- gṛhapati
- gṛhādhipa
- Term
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The term is usually used for wealthy lay patrons of the Buddhist community. It also refers to a subdivision of the vaiśya (mercantile) class of traditional Indian society, comprising businessmen, merchants, landowners, and so on.
- householder
- ཁྱིམ་བདག
- khyim bdag
- householder
- ཁྱིམ་བདག
- khyim bdag
- gṛhapati
The term “householder” is usually used for wealthy lay patrons of the Buddhist community. It also refers to a subdivision of the vaiśya (mercantile) class of traditional Indian society, comprising businessmen, merchants, landowners, and so on.
- householder
- ཁྱིམ་བདག
- khyim bdag
- gṛhapati
Someone who is not a renunciant.
- householder
- ཁྱིམ་བདག
- khyim bdag
- gṛhapati
Not one of the normal four “castes” of Indian society, but presumably here a term referring to nonmonastics.