not an uposatha day

every uposatha day.

…fortnight) 2. (mfn.) on the 14th day (of a lunar fortnight); (m.) the uposatha observance on the fourteenth day (of a lunar fortnight)

an act of purification in the presence of the gods.

fast-day, a day of purification for jains.

lives in a state of abstinence, observes (a fast or (the duties of) an uposatha day).

who has observed the uposatha day

1. (for non-buddhists) a fastday, a day of purification; (for Buddhists) a day on which lay-followers undertake to observe eight abstinence and on which they listen to teaching on the dhamma (usuall …

an area in front of the uposatha hall (from where the uposatha ceremony can be heard)

hall for the uposatha ceremony (of the saṅgha)

the (formal) act (of the saṅgha) on an uposatha day

hall for the uposatha ceremony (of the saṅgha)

hall for the uposatha ceremony (of the saṅgha)

questioning about the (day of the) uposatha ceremony

one of the eight abstinence (observed by the lay-followers on an uposatha day)

1. (a meal) connected with the uposatha day.
2. fasting; observing the uposatha abstinence; keeping the uposatha day.

observance of the duties of the uposatha day

proposal, motion (for an official act of the saṅgha)

residence practice (the practice of several residences holding separate uposathas within the same boundary)