भिक्षु

{ bhikṣuḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : बौद्ध भिक्षु, भिखमंगा

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

भिक्षु (आंगिरस) n.  एक वैदिक सूक्तद्रष्टा [ऋ.१०.११७] ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

A Bráhman of the fourth or mendicant order; one that subsists upon alms and gifts and employs himself in sacred studies and duties. 2 A beggar in general.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 m  A Brahman beggar; a beggar.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. संन्यासी . ( विशे . ) बौद्ध संन्यासी . [ सं . ]

मराठी वाक्संप्रदाय - वाक्यप्रचार

चतुर्विध -
कुटचीक,
बहूदक,
हंस आणि
परमहंस. हे एकापेक्षां एक वरचढ असतात.

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

See : त्यागी, बौद्ध भिक्षु

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

भिक्षु  m.  m. a beggar, mendicant, religious m° ( esp. a Brāhman in the fourth आश्रम 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. बुद्ध, [L.]
Asteracantha Longifolia, [L.]
Sphaerantus Mollis, [L.]
N. of an आङ्गिरस (author of [RV. x, 117]), [RAnukr.]
of a son of भोज, [Rājat.]
of a poet, [Cat.]
भिक्षु  n.  n. N. of an उपनिषद् ( cf. भिक्षुको-पनिषद्),

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

भिक्षुः [bhikṣuḥ]   [भिक्ष्-उन्]
A beggar, mendicant in general; भिक्षां च भिक्षवे दद्यात् [Ms.3.94.]
A religious mendicant, a Brāhmaṇa in the fourth order of his religious life (when he quits his house and family and lives only on alms), a Sannyāsin.
The fourth order stage in the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa (संन्यास).
A Buddhist mendicant. -Comp.
-चर्या   begging, a mendicant's life.-भावः monk-hood, priest-hood.
-सङ्घः   a society of Buddhist mendicants.
-सङ्घाती   old or tattered clothes (चीवर).
-सूत्रम्   a collection of rules for mendicants; [P.IV.3.11.]

Shabda-Sagara

भिक्षु  m.  ( -क्षुः) The mendicant; the Hindu who has entered the fourth order and subsists wholly upon alms.
2. The fourth order of the Hindus.
3. A Bauddha mendicant.
E. भिक्ष् to beg, aff. उन् .

ROOTS:

भिक्ष् उन् .