novice monastic
novice, novice monk, [shramanera]. novitiate. The five basic vows with the addition of refraining from afternoon food, singing and the wearing of ornaments, the ten to be renounced by novices
Novice, shramanera. Monk and nun novices alike are bound by a somewhat less severe version of the bhikshu's discipline. While bhikshu ordination cannot be taken before the age of twenty, novice ordination can be taken younger; the vows are taken for life
<person> Śrāmaṇa, Śrāmaṇeraka
<term> male novice, novice, novice monk, śrāmaṇera