[bhikṣ-un] 1 A beggar, mendicant in general; bhikṣāṃ ca bhi- kṣave dadyāt Ms. 3. 94.

2 A religious mendicant, a Brāhmaṇa in the fourth order of his religious life (when he quits his house and fami- ly and lives only on alms), a Saṃ- nyāsin.

3 The fourth order or stage in the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa (saṃnyāsa).

4 A Buddhist mendicant. Comp. caryā beg- ging, a mendicant's life. saṃghaḥ a society of...