sāmaṇera [fr. samaṇa; cp. bsk. śrāmaṇeraka divy 342] fem. ˚ -- rī a novice vin i.62 sq.; iv.121; s ii.261; miln 2; vbha 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; a iii.275. -- f., also -- ˚ā a iii.276; as -- ˚ī at vin i.141.