Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p A Bhikkhu (Pāli) or भिक्षु (Bhikṣu) (Sanskrit) is an ordained male Buddhist monastic. A female monastic is called a Bhikkhuni (Sanskrit: भिक्षुणी Nepali: भिक्षुणी). The life of Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis is governed by a set of rules called the patimokkha within the vinaya's framework of monastic discipline. Their lifestyle is shaped to support their spiritual practice, to live a simple and meditative life, and attain Nirvana. In the Vinaya monastic discipline, a man under the age of 20 cannot ordain as a bhikkhu but can ordain as a samanera (เณร); the female counterpart is samaneri.. }
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- Bhikkhu abstract "A Bhikkhu (Pāli) or भिक्षु (Bhikṣu) (Sanskrit) is an ordained male Buddhist monastic. A female monastic is called a Bhikkhuni (Sanskrit: भिक्षुणी Nepali: भिक्षुणी). The life of Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis is governed by a set of rules called the patimokkha within the vinaya's framework of monastic discipline. Their lifestyle is shaped to support their spiritual practice, to live a simple and meditative life, and attain Nirvana. In the Vinaya monastic discipline, a man under the age of 20 cannot ordain as a bhikkhu but can ordain as a samanera (เณร); the female counterpart is samaneri.".