posaTa · masculine
posatha , m. or nt. (= Pali id. , BHS poṣadha, upoṣadha ), ‘sabbath’ : Ud xvi.15 śuddhasya posathaṃ (so oldest ms. , later ms. posathaḥ; nom. sg. ) sadā.
Sabbath day; observance of 8 precepts; biweekly recitation of the Vinaya rules by a chapter of Buddhist monks. (see uposatha.)
Posatha = uposatha [cf. BHS poṣadha Divy 116, 121, and Prākrit posaha (posahiya = posathika) Pischel, Pkt Gr. §141] Ja IV 329; VI 119.
參考 uposatha。~thika,【陽】 守持齋戒者。
(masc, masc) Sabbath day, observance of 8 precepts, biweekly recitation of the Vinaya rules by a chapter of Buddhist monks [lit.] living near