pansil

pansil
\\ˈpan(t)sə̇l\ noun (-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: 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.
[ < Sinhalese \<\< Skt]

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