Seven Types Of Pratimoksha Vows (CloudMonk.io)
The seven types of pratimoksha vows (Wyl. so thar gyi sdom pa bdun) are the vows of:
#a fully ordained monk (Skt. bhikṣu; Tib. དགེ་སློང་, gelong)
#a fully ordained nun (Skt. bhikṣuṇī; Tib. དགེ་སློང་མ་, gelongma)
#a novice monk (Skt. śrāmanera; Tib. དགེ་ཚུལ་, getsul)
#a novice nun (Skt. śrāmanerikā; Tib. དགེ་ཚུལ་མ་, getsulma)
#a female novice in training for full ordination (Skt. śikṣamāṇā; Tib. དགེ་སློབ་མ་, gé lobma)
#a male lay practitioner (Skt. upāsaka; Tib. དགེ་བསྙེན་, genyen)
#a female lay practitioner (Skt. upāsikā; Tib. དགེ་བསྙེན་མ་, genyenma)
There are sometimes said to be eight types of pratimoksha vows.
Category: Pratimoksha Vows
Category: Vinaya
Category: Vows and commitments
Category: Enumerations
Category: 07-Seven