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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. भैक्षbhaikṣaa.(-क्षी f.) [भिक्षैव तत्समूहो बा अण्] Living on alms. क्षम् Begging, mendicancy; भवत्पूर्वं चरेद् भैक्ष-…
    1. (-क्षी Feminine) भिक्षैव तत्समूहो बा अण् Living on alms. क्षम् Begging, mendicancy; भवत्पूर्वं चरेद् भैक्ष- मुपनीतो द्विजोत्तमः Ms.2.49; एककालं चरेद् भैक्षं न प्रसज्जेत विस्तरे Ms.6.55; Y.3.42.
    2. Anything got by begging, alms, charity; भेक्षेण वर्तयेन्नित्यम् Ms.2.188;4.5; गोरक्षणे संनियुक्तो गुरुणा भैक्षभोजनः Bm.1.32.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अन्नम् alms, food obtained by begging.

    • -आशिन् Adjective eating food obtained by begging. (-Masculine) a beggar, mendicant; Ms.11.72.

    • -आहारः a beggar; भैक्षाहारो विशुद्ध्यति Ms. 11.257.

    • -कालः the time for begging.

    • -चरणम्, -चर्यम्, -चर्या going about begging, begging, collecting alms.

    • -जीविका, -वृत्तिः Feminine mendicancy.

    • -भुज् Masculine a beggar, mendicant.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. भैक्षbhaikṣa[bhaiksha] a. living on alms; n. begging, mendicancy; begged food, alms, charity: -m kar, go about begging for…

    [bhaiksha] adjective living on alms; neuter begging, mendicancy; begged food, alms, charity: -m kar, go about begging for (--˚); beg for alms.

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  2. भैक्षचरणbhaikṣacaraṇa[bhaiksha-karana] n. going about begging: -m kri, practise mendicancy; -karya, n., -karyâ, f. id.; -bhug, a.…

    [bhaiksha-karana] neuter going about begging: -m kri, practise mendicancy; -karya, neuter, -karyâ, feminine; also equal for the same; -bhug, adjective living on alms.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. भैक्षbhaikṣamf(ई)n. (fr. भिक्षा) living on alms, subsisting by charity MBh.
    1. mf(ई)neuter gender (from भिक्षा) living on alms, subsisting by charity MBh.
    2. neuter gender asking alms, begging, mendicancy (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedक्षाय with √गम्, to beg for alms, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedक्षम् [in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'] with √चर्, to go about begging for; that the rest of a word is to be suppliedक्षम् with आ-√हृ, or सम्-आ-√हृ, to collect alms or food; that the rest of a word is to be suppliedक्षेण with Causal of √वृत्, to subsist on alms) Mn. MBh. etc.
    3. neuter gender anything obtained by begging, begged food, charity, alms Gr2S. Mn. MBh. etc.
    4. neuter gender a multitude of alms Lexicographers
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  2. कन्याभैक्षkanyābhaikṣan. begging for a girl MBh.

    neuter gender begging for a girl MBh.

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  3. भैक्षकbhaikṣaka(ifc.) = भैक्ष, alms R.

    (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') Equivalent to भैक्ष, alms R.

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  4. भैक्षकालbhaikṣakālam. "alms-time", the time for bringing home anything obtained as alms MW.

    masculine gender "alms-time", the time for bringing home anything obtained as alms MW.

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  5. भैक्षचरणbhaikṣacaraṇan. going about begging, collecting alms (˚णं-√चर्, to practise mendicancy) Mn. Gaut.

    neuter gender going about begging, collecting alms (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedणं-√चर्, to practise mendicancy) Mn. Gaut.

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  6. भैक्षचर्यbhaikṣacaryan.

    neuter gender

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  7. भैक्षचर्याbhaikṣacaryāf. = prec. Mn. Ya1jn5. MBh.

    feminine Equivalent to preceding Mn. Ya1jn5. MBh.

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