- pansil
- \\ˈpan(t)sə̇l\ noun
(-s)
Usage: usually capitalizedEtymology: Singhalese, from Pali pañca sīlāni five precepts, from Sanskrit pañca five + śīla custom, moral conduct, moral precept — more at five: the rite in Hinayana Buddhism of undertaking ceremonially a set of five precepts of morality
pansil … is taken individually before a Buddhist shrine or collectively at the beginning of a Buddhist meeting of any kind — Christmas Humphreys
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/pun"seel/, n. Buddhism.See Pancha Sila.[ < Sinhalese \<\< Skt]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.