Bhikshu, Bhikṣu: 26 definitions
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Bhikshu has 25 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Bhikṣu can be transliterated into English as Bhiksu or Bhikshu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBhikṣu (भिक्षु):—(wie eben)
1) m. a) Bettler, insbes. ein Brahmane in seinem vierten und letzten Lebensstadium, da er sein Haus und seine Familie verlässt und von Almosen lebt. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 168.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 159.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 3. 41.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 76. 807. 809.] [Halāyudha 2, 254.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 94.] bhikṣūṇāṃ gṛhī (bandhuḥ) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6. 4, 12. 5, 36.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 28, 27.] [Hitopadeśa 101, 7. 8] (bhikṣuka [JOHNS.][?). Dhūrtasamāgama in Lassen’s Anthologie 85, 11. Vetālapañcaviṃśati in Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 14, 10.] cāturvidhyaṃ tu bhikṣūṇāṃ hārīta āha [Oxforder Handschriften 269,a,10. fgg.] ein buddhistischer Bettler [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 24.] [Burnouf 275. fg.] [WASSILJEW 14 u.s.w.] [KÖPPEN II, 15. fg.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 7, 8. 49, 3. 101, 18.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 27, 15.] = buddhabheda ein best. Buddha [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Nomen proprium eines Āṅgirasa, Liedverfassers von [Ṛgveda 10, 117.] eines Sohnes des Bhoja, = bhikṣācara [Rājataraṅgiṇī 8, 552. 730. 736 u.s.w.] — c) eine best. Pflanze, = śrāvaṇī [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] = kokilākṣa [Bhāvaprakāśa] ebend. —
2) n. Name einer Upaniṣad [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 325, 2.] — Vgl. mahā .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBhikṣu (भिक्षु):——
1) m. — a) Bettler , insbes. ein Brahmane in seinem vierten und letzten Lebensstadium , da er sein Haus und seine Familie verlässt und von Almosen lebt. — b) *Asteracantha longifolia. — c) *Sphacranthus mollis [Rājan 5,17.] — d) Nomen proprium — α) eines Āṅgīrasa. — β) *eines Buddha. — γ) eines Sohnes des Bhoja. —
2) n. Titel einer Upaniṣad ; vgl. bhiksukopaniṣad.
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Starts with (+17): Bhikshu-hala, Bhikshubhava, Bhikshucarya, Bhikshucharya, Bhikshudeva, Bhikshugita, Bhikshugparivraji, Bhikshuhala-parihara, Bhikshuk, Bhikshuka, Bhikshukanci Dhama, Bhikshukasati, Bhikshuki, Bhikshukiparaka, Bhikshukopanishad, Bhikshukula, Bhikshuni, Bhikshuni-sangha, Bhikshunika, Bhikshunikarmavacana.
Ends with (+7): Bauddhabhikshu, Cidananda bhikshu, Dahara-bhikshu, Deshyabhikshu, Jayatirthabhikshu, Jnanabhikshu, Jnanendra bhikshu, Kamalakarabhikshu, Kapatabhikshu, Kaviraja bhikshu, Kavirajabhikshu, Kubhikshu, Madhavabhikshu, Mahabhikshu, Narayanabhikshu, Pandarabhikshu, Rameshvara shivayogibhikshu, Samjnabhikshu, Samkhyabhikshu, Shakyabhikshu.
Full-text (+394): Bhikshuka, Bhikshusamghati, Amogharaja, Shvetabhikshu, Khadiravanika, Bhikshutattva, Bhikshu-hala, Kasphila, Bhikkhu, Bhikshucarya, Samgha, Ratnacandramati, Kakkula, Madhavabhikshu, Mahasthavira, Bhikshusutra, Mahabhikshu, Nastakarana, Jayatirtha, Shakyabhikshu.
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Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Chapter V - On the Adamantine Body < [Section One]
Chapter IX - On Wrong and Right < [Section One]
Chapter IV - On Long Life < [Section One]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 3 - Explanation of the word Bhikṣu < [Chapter VI - The Great Bhikṣu Saṃgha]
Appendix 2 - The story of Hastaka Śākyaputra < [Chapter LII - Elimination of the Triple Poison]
Appendix 8 - Permission for monks to wear fine robes (cīvara) < [Chapter XLI - The Eighteen Special Attributes of the Buddha]
Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)
Translation of the term brāhmaṇa (brahmin) < [Translator’s Introduction]
Translation of the term bhikkhu < [Translator’s Introduction]
A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms (by Fa-Hien)
Chapter VIII - Woo-chang, Or Udyana
Chapter XXX - The Srataparna Cave, Or Cave Of The First Council
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 5 - Sāṃkhya kārikā, Sāṃkhya sūtra, Vācaspati Miśra and Vijñāna Bhiksu < [Chapter VII - The Kapila and the Pātañjala Sāṃkhya (yoga)]
Part 3 - Sāṃkhya and Yoga Literature < [Chapter VII - The Kapila and the Pātañjala Sāṃkhya (yoga)]
Part 16 - Change as the formation of new collocations < [Chapter VII - The Kapila and the Pātañjala Sāṃkhya (yoga)]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 90 - The expiatory rites of the ascetics (yati-prāyaścitta) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 6 - The origin and activities of Alakṣmī < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
Chapter 89 - Characteristics of good conduct (sadācāra) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
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