Bhiksha, Bhikṣā: 19 definitions
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Bhiksha has 18 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Bhikṣā can be transliterated into English as Bhiksa or Bhiksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBhikṣā (भिक्षा):—(wie eben) f. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 38.]
1) das Betteln [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 6. 3, 4, 29, 226.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 567.] [Medinīkoṣa ṣ. 20.] bhavatpūrvaṃ brāhmaṇo bhikṣāṃ yātu Einschiebung nach [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 9.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 3, 3, 7.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 7.] bhikṣām caret [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 56.] bhikṣāmaṭati [PAÑCAR. 3, 13, 18.] bhikṣāṃ bhraman [Kathāsaritsāgara 36, 76.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 67.] kaścidbhikṣāṃ karoti [PAÑCAR. 1, 3, 26.] bhikṣābalipariśrāntaḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 34.] bhikṣābaliśrāddham (so die ed. Bomb.) [Mahābhārata 3, 14682.] [Spr. 1412.] bhikṣā balaṃ bhikṣukāṇām [Spr.] kṣatriyāṇāṃ im 4ten Th. [Pañcatantra 7, 8.] [ŚUK.] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 34, 13.] —
2) Erbetteltes, Almosen [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 813] (= grāsamātraka) . [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 11, 5, 9.] bhavati bhikṣāṃ dehi [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 57.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 14.] bhikṣeta bhikṣām [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 50.] [Spr. 5402.] bhikṣāṃ ca bhikṣave dadyāt [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 94. 95. 96. 4, 248. 6, 7.] nānuśāsanavādābhyāṃ bhikṣāṃ lipseta karhicit [6, 50.] [Spr. 2043. fg.] bhikṣāṃ prāpya [Kathāsaritsāgara 30, 94.] śeṣa [Pañcatantra 116, 18.] kadambaka [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 46.] pretasya śarīraṃ bhikṣayā (gandhamālyānnādilakṣaṇayā Schol.) vasanenālaṃkāreṇeti saṃskurvanti [Chāndogyopaniṣad 8, 8, 5.] In comp. mit dem erbetenen Gegenstande: ito vaivasvataṃ gatvā bhikṣiṣye putrabhikṣāṃ dehi gieb mir den Sohn als Almosen [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 66, 38.] — Nach [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 29, 226.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] und [Medinīkoṣa] ausserdem Dienst (sevā) und Lohn (bhṛti) . — Vgl. durbhikṣa, subhikṣa, māṃsabhikṣā, bhaikṣa .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBhikṣā (भिक्षा):—f. —
1) das Betteln. bhikṣāṃ yā , car , aṭ oder bhram auf den Bettel gehen , betteln ; mit kar betteln. —
2) Erbetteltes , Almosen. In Comp. mit dem erbettelten Gegenstande ( putra). —
3) *Dienst. —
4) *Lohn.
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Starts with (+34): Bhiksanapa, Bhikshabhagya, Bhikshabhajana, Bhikshabhaksha, Bhikshabhanda, Bhikshabhuj, Bhikshabidala, Bhikshacara, Bhikshacarana, Bhikshacarya, Bhikshacaryacarana, Bhikshachara, Bhikshacharana, Bhikshacharya, Bhikshada, Bhikshadana, Bhikshadi, Bhikshahara, Bhikshajivi, Bhikshaka.
Ends with (+16): Asubhiksha, Bhojanabhiksha, Brahmasubhiksha, Daurbhiksha, Dhanyabhiksha, Durbhiksha, Ekadasha-Rudra-bhiksha, Grihabhiksha, Kamtebhiksha, Karatalabhiksha, Khala-bhiksha, Koradi Bhiksha, Koradi-bhiksha, Koribhiksha, Kshatrasubhiksha, Mahasubhiksha, Mamsabhiksha, Mathabhiksha, Nagadurbhiksha, Nirogadurbhiksha.
Full-text (+106): Durbhiksha, Bhikshanna, Subhiksha, Bhikshacara, Bhiksharha, Bhikshatana, Bhikshashin, Bhikshapatra, Bhiksharthin, Vratabhiksha, Bhikshashitva, Bhikshabhuj, Bhikshahara, Bhikshopajivin, Bhikshakarana, Bhikshavasas, Bhikshavritti, Bhikshaka, Bhikshotkara, Durbhikshatva.
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