- བན་དེ།
- བནྡེ།
- ban de
- ban+de
- (vanda)
- bande
- bhadanta
- Term
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- Bandé
- བན་དེ།
- ban de
- bande
A Middle Indic word derived from the Sanskrit bhadanta. Meaning “venerable one” it is a term of respectful title for Buddhist monks.
- Bandé
- བན་དེ།
- ban de
- (vanda)
A term of respect for Buddhist monks: bandé in Tibet and Nepal, bhante in the Pali tradition. A middle-Indic word, it is said to be derived from vande, the BHS vocative form of the Sanskrit vanda, meaning praiseworthy or venerable, although bhante is said to be a contraction of the vocative bhadante, derived from a respectful salutation.
- bandé
- བན་དེ།
- ban de
- bhadanta
The general term from ancient India for any member of the ordained Buddhist saṅgha.