bhikṣā

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[apte] [bhiks-a] 1 Asking, beg- ging, soliciting; Ms. 6. 56. --2 Any- thing given as alms, alms; bhavati bhikṣāṃ dehi. --3 Wages, hire. --4 Ser- vice. --Comp. --aṭanaṃ wandering about begging for alms. (--naḥ) a beggar, mendicant. --annaṃ food ob- tained by begging, alms. --ayanaṃ (ṇaṃ) = bhikṣāṭana q. v. --arthin a. beg- [Page0816-c+ 57] ging for alms or charity. (--m.) a beggar. --arha a. worthy of alms, a fit object of...

Root

√bhikṣa भिक्ष

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Ātmanepada · bhikṣāyāmalābhe lābhe ca

to ask,to beg, to request

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[bhiks-a] 1 Asking, beg- ging, soliciting; Ms. 6. 56. --2 Any- thing given as alms, alms; bhavati bhikṣāṃ dehi. --3 Wages, hire. --4 Ser- vice. --Comp. --aṭanaṃ wandering about...

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 162
Texts Appeared In: 43

DCS: name of a DAnava

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Vārāhagṛhyasūtra surface: bhikṣāṃ

bhikṣāṃ pradāya sāyaṃbhojanam eva prātar āśet
Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: bhikṣāṃ

bhikṣāṃ caturṣu varṇeṣu vigarhyān varjayaṃś caret
Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: bhikṣā

puragrāmavrajān sārthān bhikṣārthaṃ praviśaṃś caret