(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.]