feminine · bhikkhā 1 · bhikkhā 2
alms
alms; food
Bhikkhā (feminine) [cf. Epic and Classical Sanskrit bhaikṣa of bhikṣ, adjective and neuter] begged food, alms, alms-begging; food Vin IV 94; Cp I 1, 4; Vv 70 4 (ekāhā bh. food for one day); Miln 16; Pv-a 3, 75, 131 (kaṭacchu°); bhikkhāya carati to go out begging food [cf. Sanskrit bhaikṣaṃ carati] Ja III 82; V 75; Pv-a 51 and passim . °subhikkha (neuter) abundance of food D I 11. dubbhikkha (neuter) (and °ā feminine) scantiness of alms, famine, scarcity of food, adjective famine-stricken (cf. Sanskrit durbhikṣaṃ) Vin II 175; III 87 (adjective); IV 23 (adjective); S IV 323, 324 (dvīhitikaṃ); A I 160; III 41; Ja II 149, 367; V 193; VI 487; Cp I 3, 3 (adjective); Vism 415 (°pīḷita), 512 (feminine in simile); Pj I 218; Dhp-a I 169; II 153 (feminine); III 437 (°bhaya). -āhāra food received by a mendicant Ja I 237 (= bhikkhu-āhāra?); -cariyā going about for alms, begging round Snp 700; Pv-a 146; -cāra = °cariyā Mhbv 28; -paññatti declaration of alms, announcement that food is to be given to the Saṅgha, a dedication of food Vin I 309.
【陰】 捐獻，食物。~cariyā,【陰】 ~cāra,【陽】 行乞，托缽。~āhāra,【陽】 乞到的食物。
(fem, fem, from bhikkhati) alms; beggings; begged food alms, food Construction: √bhikkh + ā
(fem, fem, from bhikkhati) grant; donation; allowance alms Construction: √bhikkh + ā