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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry भिक्षु

  1. भिक्षुbhikṣuA beggar, mendicant in general; भिक्षां च भिक्षवे दद्यात् Ms.3.94.

    [भिक्ष्-उन्]

    1. A beggar, mendicant in general; भिक्षां च भिक्षवे दद्यात् Ms.3.94.
    2. A religious mendicant, a Brāhmaṇa in the fourth order of his religious life (when he quits his house and family and lives only on alms), a Sannyāsin.
    3. The fourth order stage in the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa (संन्यास).
    4. A Buddhist mendicant.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -चर्या begging, a mendicant's life.

    • -भावः monk-hood, priest-hood.

    • -सङ्घः a society of Buddhist mendicants.

    • -सङ्घाती old or tattered clothes (चीवर).

    • -सूत्रम् a collection of rules for mendicants; ParasmaipadaIV.3.11.

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Headwords under भ

Part 3 of 6 भानतस् – भीमरAll parts
  1. भ – भरुकच्छ
  2. भरुज – भाद्रमातुर
  3. भानतस् – भीमर
  4. भीमरस् – भेदिरम्
  5. भेद्यम् – भ्रुकुटि
  6. भ्रुड् – भ्लाश्