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.]