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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

भैक्ष्यम्bhaikṣyamFood got by begging, alms, charity; see भैक्ष; अयाचितं तु तद् भैक्ष्यं भोक्तव्यं मनुरब्रवीत् Uśanāh…
[भिक्षा-ष्यञ्]

Food got by begging, alms, charity; see भैक्ष; अयाचितं तु तद् भैक्ष्यं भोक्तव्यं मनुरब्रवीत् Uśanāh Dharmaśāstra; गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके Bg.2.5. आश्रमः संन्यास quod vide, which see; समदर्शिनश्च भूतेषु भैक्ष्याश्रमपदं भवेत् Mb.12.66.5. ब्रह्मचर्य quod vide, which see Mb.12.66.7.
In the Gita2·5

श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके।

śreyo bhoktuṁ bhaikṣyamapīha loke, — Better in this world to live even on alms than to slay these high-souled Gurus. Slaying these Gurus, I should taste of blood-stained enjoyments even… 2·5
- भैक्ष्यम्bhaikṣyamnominative singular of the neuter noun bhaikiya (alms).
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