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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for भिक्षु

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

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

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. भिक्षुbhikṣum. a beggar, mendicant, religious m mendicant (esp. a Bra1hman Brahman in the fourth A1s3rama आश्रम or period…
    1. masculine gender a beggar, mendicant, religious m mendicant (especially a Bra1hman Brahman in the fourth A1s3rama आश्रम or period of his life, when he subsists entirely on alms) Mn. MBh. etc. (confer, compare RTL. 55 neuter gender 1)
    2. masculine gender a Buddhist Buddhist mendicant or monk Katha1s. Lalit. (confer, compare MWB. 55)
    3. masculine gender a particular Buddha बुद्ध Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender Asteracantha Longifolia Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender Sphaerantus Mollis Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender Name of an A1n3girasa आङ्गिरस (author of fg-veda x, 117) RAnukr.
    7. masculine gender of a son of Bhoja भोज Ra1jat.
    8. masculine gender of a poet catalogue or catalogues
    9. neuter gender Name of an Upanishad उपनिषद् (confer, compare भिक्षुको*पनिषद्),
    Source: Monier-Williams

Analysis (Beta) · भिक्षु

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