fem. ˚-rī a novice Vin.i.62 sq.; Vin.iv.121; SN.ii.261; Mil.2 Vb-a.383; are not present at the recital of the Pātimokkha Vin.i.135; -pabbajjā ordination of a novice Vin.i.82. -pēsaka superintendent of Sāmaṇeras Vin.ii.177; AN.iii.275
■ f., also -ā AN.iii.276; as -ī at Vin.i.141.

fr. samaṇa; cp. BSk. śrāmaṇeraka Divy.342