(one) who follows, observes, the ten sikkhāpadas.

…+); f. -ikā a nurse, a female attendant Vin.ii.289 (āpādikā +).

fr. posa²

set of precepts, “preceptorial,” code of training; instruction, precept, rule

1. in general: DN.i.63, DN.i.146, DN.i.250; MN.i.33; AN.i.63, AN.i.235 sq. AN.ii.14, AN.ii.250 sq.; AN.iii.113, AN.iii.26 …

…of a child, a protector, guardian AN.i.62 = AN.i.132 = Iti.110 (+ posaka)
■ f. āpādikā a nurse,…

nursing woman, in an˚; not nursing, unmarried Ja.iv.178.

short for āpādikā