The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2579 page)

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Uparama
(one of six great Hindu virtues):
Up
saka
(fem.,
up
sik
; P
li, ‘one who sits close by’). Buddhist layperson, who has taken refuge in the
Three Jewels
(
triratna
) and undertaken the five precepts (
la
).
Up
sak
dhyana-a
ga
(Jain text):

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