aacariya]: Teacher; mentor. See kalyanamitta.

teacher; mentor; senior bhikkhu on whom a young bhikkhu depends for instruction. He is to regard his pupil ( antevasika) as a son. To qualify as one, a bhikkhu must have at least have 10 vassas and other prerequisites. Also see nissaya, upajjhaya.

teacher. See Chapter Two and Appendix VIII.