式しき叉しゃ摩ま那な

noun

probationary nun

Buddhist term for a female novice undergoing a two-year probation before full ordination. Rare outside religious contexts.

from Sanskrit siksamana

• 式しき叉しゃ摩ま那なは、正せい式しきな尼に僧そうになる前まえに二に年ねん間かんの修しゅ行ぎょう期き間かんを過すごす。

  A probationary nun undergoes a two-year training period before becoming a fully ordained nun.