bhikṣ भिक्ष् (fr. Desid. of √ bhaj lit. ‘to wish to, share or partake’), cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xvi, 5]) bhíkṣate (ep. also P. °ti; pf. bibhíkṣe, [Br.] &c.; aor., abhikṣiṣṭa Gr.; fut. bhikṣiṣyate, [MBh.]; inf. bhikṣitum, [ib.]), to wish for, desire (acc. or gen.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to beg anything (esp. alms) from (two acc. or acc. of thing and abl. of pers.), [VS.] &c. &c.; to be weary or distressed (?), [L.] : Caus. bhikṣayati, to cause to beg, [Rājat.] bhikṣā भिक्षा bhikṣā́ f. the act of begging or asking (with √ kṛ, to beg; with √ aṭ, car, bhram and yā, to go about begging), [ŚBr.] &c. &c. any boon obtained by begging (alms, food &c.), [AV.] &c. &c. (also ifc., e.g. putra-bhikṣāṃ dehí, ‘grant the boon of a son’, [R.]) hire, wages, [L.] service, [L.] bhikṣu भिक्षु m. a beggar, mendicant, religious mendicant (esp. a Brāhman in the fourth Āśrama or period of his life, when he subsists entirely on alms), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (cf. [RTL. 55 n. 1]) a Buddhist mendicant or monk, [Kathās.]; [Lalit.] (cf. [MWB. 55]) a partic. Buddha, [L.] Asteracantha Longifolia, [L.] Sphaeranthus Mollis, [L.] N. of an Āṅgirasa (author of [RV. x, 117]), [RAnukr.] of a son of Bhoja, [Rājat.] of a poet, [Cat.] n. N. of an Upaniṣad (cf. bhikṣukopaniṣad), bhikṣin भिक्षिन् mfn. begging, asking for alms, [R.] bhikṣya भिक्ष्य Nom. P. °yati, to beg or ask for alms g. kaṇḍv-ādi (not in [Kāś.]) bhikṣākī भिक्षाकी f. a female beggar, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 155.] bhikṣāka भिक्षाक m. a beggar, mendicant, [Rājat.] bhikṣaṇa भिक्षण n. (and f(A). , [L.]) the act of begging, asking alms, [Āpast.]; [MBh.] bhikṣita भिक्षित mfn. begged, solicited or obtained as alms (cf. śūdra-bh°), [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] bhikṣuṇī भिक्षुणी f. a Buddhist female mendicant or nun, [Lalit.]; [Divyāv.] ([MWB. 86]). bhikṣukī भिक्षुकी f. See below. f. (of prec.) a female mendicant, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. bhikṣuka भिक्षुक m. a beggar, mendicant, a Brāhman of the mendicant order (cf. bhikṣu), [GṛS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ([RTL. 386]) bhikṣābhuj भिक्षाभुज् bhikṣā—bhuj mfn. living on alms, [Rājat.] bhikṣāśin भिक्षाशिन् bhikṣā°śin mfn. (°kṣāśin) eating begged food, dishonest, [Bhartṛ.]; [Kathās.] bhikṣānna भिक्षान्न bhikṣā°nna (°kṣānna), n. food obtained as alms, [Hit.] bhikṣārha भिक्षार्ह bhikṣā°rha (°kṣārha), mfn. worthy of alms, [MW.] bhikṣāvat भिक्षावत् bhikṣā—vat mfn. receiving alms, begging, [MBh.] bhikṣācāra भिक्षाचार bhikṣā—cāra mfn. = -cara mfn., [ŚārṅgP.] bhikṣācara भिक्षाचर bhikṣā—cara mf(I)n. going about begging, a mendicant, [R.] bhikṣā—cara m. N. of a son of Bhoja (also called, bhikṣu), [Rājat.] bhikṣāhāra भिक्षाहार bhikṣā°hāra (°kṣāh°), m. begged food, [Bhartṛ.] bhikṣā—°hāra mfn. = bhikṣā-bhuj, [ŚārṅgP.] bhikṣārthin भिक्षार्थिन् bhikṣā°rthín (°kṣārthín), mfn. asking for alms, a beggar or mendicant, [Mn. viii, 23.] bhikṣāṭana भिक्षाटन bhikṣā°ṭana mfn. (°kṣāṭ°) id., [L.] bhikṣā—°ṭana m. N. of a poet, [Cat.] bhikṣā—°ṭana n. wandering about for alms, mendicancy, [Kāv.]; [Pur.] &c. (acc. with √ kṛ, to go about begging, [Pañcat.]; with Caus. of √ kṛ, to cause to go about begging, [ib.]) N. of ch. of [BrahmāṇḍaP.] bhikṣāyaṇa भिक्षायण bhikṣā°yaṇa (°ṣāy°), n. = (andv.l. for) bhikṣātaṇa, [Bhartṛ.] bhikṣubhāva भिक्षुभाव bhikṣu—bhāva m. monkhood, priesthood, [Divyāv.] bhikṣuhala भिक्षुहल bhikṣu—hala m. or n. (?) N. of a partic. square-measure, [Inscr.] bhikṣābhāṇḍa भिक्षाभाण्ड bhikṣā—bhāṇḍa n. = -pātra, [Kathās.] bhikṣāśitva भिक्षाशित्व bhikṣā—°śi-tva n. mendicancy, roguery, [Hit.] bhikṣācarya भिक्षाचर्य bhikṣā—cárya n. ([ŚBr.]; f(A). , [PārGṛ.]; °rya-caraṇa n., [ib.]) going about for alms, mendicancy. bhikṣāpātra भिक्षापात्र bhikṣā—pātra n. a mendicant's bowl, alms-dish, [Pañcat.] bhikṣāvāsas भिक्षावासस् bhikṣā—vāsas n. a beggar's dress, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 71], Sch. bhikṣāvṛtti भिक्षावृत्ति bhikṣā—vṛtti mfn. living on alms, begging, [Pañcar.] bhikṣitavya भिक्षितव्य bhikṣitavyà mfn. to be begged or asked for, [ŚBr.] bhikṣotkara भिक्षोत्कर m. scattering alms, [W.] bhikṣucaryā भिक्षुचर्या bhikṣu—caryā f. ‘a mendicant's course of life’, begging, [BhP.] bhikṣusūtra भिक्षुसूत्र bhikṣu—sūtra n. a collection of rules or precepts for mendicants, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 110] bhikṣusaṃgha भिक्षुसंघ bhikṣu—saṃgha m. the association of Buddhist monks, [Lalit.] bhikṣābiḍāla भिक्षाबिडाल bhikṣā—biḍāla m. = bhikṣā biḍālaiva, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 72], Sch. bhikṣācaraṇa भिक्षाचरण bhikṣā—caraṇa n. ([GṛS.]) going about for alms, mendicancy. bhikṣākaraṇa भिक्षाकरण bhikṣā—karaṇa n. asking alms, mendicancy, [Dhūrtas.] bhikṣāmāṇava भिक्षामाणव bhikṣā—māṇava m. a beggar boy (as a term of contempt), [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 69], Sch. bhikṣukasatī भिक्षुकसती bhikṣuka—satī f. a virtuous female mendicant, [L.] bhikṣutattva भिक्षुतत्त्व bhikṣu—tattva n. N. of wk. bhikṣopabhegin भिक्षोपभेगिन् mfn. living on alms, [Bcar.] bhikṣopajīvin भिक्षोपजीविन् mfn. = bhikṣā-vṛtti, [MW.] bhikṣurākṣasa भिक्षुराक्षस bhikṣu—rākṣasa m. a Rākṣasa in the shape of a religious mendicant, [Jātakam.] bhikṣusaṃghāṭī भिक्षुसंघाटी bhikṣu—saṃghāṭī f. mendicant's clothes, old or ragged raiment, [Suśr.] bhikṣukīparāka भिक्षुकीपराक bhikṣukī—parāka m. or n. (?) N. of a building, [Rājat.] bhikṣākaragupta भिक्षाकरगुप्त bhikṣā—kara-gupta m. N. of a poet, [Cat.] bhikṣāṭanakāvya भिक्षाटनकाव्य bhikṣā—°ṭana—kāvya n. N. of a poem bhikṣukopaniṣad भिक्षुकोपनिषद् f. N. of an Upaniṣad. bhikṣāṭananāṭaka भिक्षाटननाटक bhikṣā—°ṭana—nāṭaka n. N. of a drama. bhikṣācaryacaraṇa भिक्षाचर्यचरण bhikṣā—carya-caraṇa n., [ib.] bhikṣusūtrabhāṣyavārttika भिक्षुसूत्रभाष्यवार्त्तिक bhikṣu—sūtra—bhāṣya-vārttika n. N. of a Comm. on prec.