young person ②boy who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony (Edo period) ③young (homosexual) male prostitute ④boy in a homosexual relationship (with a man)
many priests ②(Heian era) monk-soldiers
enlightenment of the masses
Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees) ②four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices) ③the four assemblies
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
seven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees)
assembly of monks and laity (at a rite, sermon, etc.) ②(monks and laity of) the Jishū sect
filled with numerous sufferings
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