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Bandaya

Bandaya

Bandaya

(Sanscr. a person entitled to reverence), the name given to the priests of Nepaul. They are divided in that country into four orders: bhikshu, of mendicants; srawaka, or readers; chailaka, or scantily robed; and arhaute or arhata, adepts.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature