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Buddhist nun

fully ordained female Buddhist monastic
Class type of: Buddhist clergy, mendicant, nun Q854979

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
religious role
Religion or worldview
Buddhism[2]
Subclass of
Buddhist clergy, mendicant, nun, nígū[3][4][5][6]
Part of
seven classes of disciples[7]
Described by source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, Gujin Tushu Jicheng[9][10]
Different from
nígū, Bhikkhunī[23][24]
Female form of label
Bhikkhuni[25]
Native label
𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼𑀦𑀻, भिक्षुणी, ဘိက္ခုနီ, ភិក្ខុនី, ภิกษุณี, භික්ෂුණිය, དགེ་སློང་མ, tỉ-khâu-ni, 比丘尼, 比丘尼, 比丘尼, 尼, 비구니, ᠭᠡᠯᠣᠩᠮ᠎ᠠ[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Opposite of
Buddhist monk[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en bhikṣuṇī en bhikkhunī en Buddhist nun cs buddhistické mnišky cs buddhistická mniška de Bhikshuni de Bhikkhuni es bhikṣuṇī es monja budista fa بیکشونی fr Nonne bouddhiste fr Bhikṣunī hi भिक्खुनी hi भिक्षुणी id Biksuni it monaca buddista ja 尼 ja 尼僧 ja 比丘尼 ko 니승
🔖 Identifiers · 14
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85017572
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
1-대행스님2.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
18e88c3e-5677-4ec8-88c8-d2e7ad1e3113, bb4926ee-a289-4112-a200-45f31c801881
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
78727
Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID
E0025092
Freebase ID
/m/02cf98
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
bkhikkuni-10af9b
J9U entity ID
987007292532105171
NDL Authority ID
00560156
NL CR AUT ID
ph774650
Namuwiki ID
비구니
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
尼僧
Show all 14 identifiers +2
Topic's main category
Category:Buddhist nuns
Yale LUX ID
concept/54886094-4c43-44f1-a046-fd27f26fb53e

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Subclass of 2
nun, mendicant
Subtypes 2
thero, abbot
Described by source 1
Gujin Tushu Jicheng
Opposite of 1
Buddhist monk
Preceded by (successor) 1
śrāmaṇerī
Religion or worldview 1
Buddhism
Topic's main category 1
Category:Buddhist nuns
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Japanese Buddhist nuns
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Buddhist nuns
← Intended public 1
Eight Garudhammas
← Opposite of 1
Buddhist monk
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Summary

Buddhist nun is a religious figure[1].

Related Entities

Mahapajapati Gotami

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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