भैक्ष

{ bhaikṣa }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

obtained by begging. 2 Mendicancy, beggary.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 न. 
भिक्षा मागून मिळालेलें अन्न .
भिक्षा मागण्याची वृत्ति ; भिक्षेगिरी [ सं . ]
०जिविका   चर्या वृत्ती - स्त्री . भिक्षा मागून उदरनिर्वाह करणें . भिक्षुकवृत्ति आणि परतंत्रता हीं दोन्ही पत्करण्याइतका कोणी शहाणा निघेल असें आम्हांस वाटत नाहीं . - टिले २ . ७७ .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

भैक्ष  mfn.  mf( ई)n. ( fr. भिक्षा) living on alms, subsisting by charity, [MBh.]
भैक्ष  n.  n. asking alms, begging, mendicancy ( °क्षाय with √ गम्, to beg for alms, °क्षम् [ ifc.] with √ चर्, to go about begging for; °क्षम् with आ-√ हृ, or सम्-आ-√ हृ, to collect alms or food; °क्षेण with Caus. of √ वृत्, to subsist on alms), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
anything obtained by begging, begged food, charity, alms, [GṛS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a multitude of alms, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

भैक्ष [bhaikṣa] a.  a. (-क्षी f.) [भिक्षैव तत्समूहो बा अण्] Living on alms.
क्षम् Begging, mendicancy; भवत्पूर्वं चरेद् भैक्ष- मुपनीतो द्विजोत्तमः [Ms.2.49;] एककालं चरेद् भैक्षं न प्रसज्जेत विस्तरे [Ms.6.55;] [Y.3.42.]
Anything got by begging, alms, charity; भेक्षेण वर्तयेन्नित्यम् [Ms.2.188;4.5;] गोरक्षणे संनियुक्तो गुरुणा भैक्षभोजनः [Bm.1.32.] -Comp.
-अन्नम्   alms, food obtained by begging.
-आशिन् a.  a. eating food obtained by begging. (-m.) a beggar, mendicant; [Ms.11.72.]
-आहारः   a beggar; भैक्षाहारो विशुद्ध्यति [Ms. 11.257.]
-कालः   the time for begging.
-चरणम्, -चर्यम्, -चर्या   going about begging, begging, collecting alms.-जीविका,
-वृत्तिः  f. f. mendicancy.
-भुज्  m. m. a beggar, mendicant.

Shabda-Sagara

भैक्ष  n.  ( -क्षं)
1. Alms, what is collected by begging.
2. Begging, men- dicancy.
 f.  ( -क्षी) Subsisting on alms.
E. भिक्षा alms, given and re- ceived, aff. अण्; alse भैक्ष्य.

ROOTS:

भिक्षा अण्; भैक्ष्य