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Created page with "{{Short description|Lay followers of Buddhism, not monks or nuns}} {{stack |thumb|260px|The word ''Upāsaka'' ([[Brahmi script), used by Ashoka in his Minor Rock Edict No.1 to describe his affiliation to Buddhism (circa 258 BCE).]] | {{Buddhist_term | title=Upāsaka | pi= उपासक ({{IAST|upāsaka}}) | sa= उपासक ({{IAST|upāsaka}}) | bo= དགེ་བསྙེན/དགེ་བསྙེན་མ ({{IAST|genyen}}/{{..."