भिक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ভিক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
ᬪᬶᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
ভিক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဘိက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
ભિક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
ਭਿਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌭𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦨꦶꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂦𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಭಿಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
ភិក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
ຠິກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
ഭിക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
ᢨᡳᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
𑘥𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᠢᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
𑧅𑧒𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
ଭିକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
ꢩꢶꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
භික්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩳𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚡𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
பி⁴க்ஷ் (Tamil script)
భిక్ష్ (Telugu script)
ภิกฺษฺ (Thai script)
བྷི་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨡𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-

Sanskrit भज् (bhaj)

Sanskrit भिक्ष्

From the desiderative verb of the root भज् (bhaj, “to divide, allot”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱikʂ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱikʂ/

Root

भिक्ष् • (bhikṣ)

to beg

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

भिक्ष॑ति (bhíkṣati, present)
भिक्ष॑ते (bhíkṣate, present)
भिक्षिष्यते (bhikṣiṣyate, future)
अभिक्षिष्ट (abhikṣiṣṭa, aorist)
बि॒भिक्षे॑ (bibhíkṣe, perfect)

Secondary forms

भिक्षयति (bhikṣayati, causative)

Non-finite forms

भिक्षित (bhikṣita, past participle)
भिक्षितुम् (bhikṣitum, infinitive)
भिक्षित्वा (bhikṣitvā, gerund)
भि॒क्षि॒त॒व्य॑ (bhikṣitavyà, gerundive)

Derived nominal forms

भिक्षण (bhikṣaṇa)
भि॒क्षा (bhikṣā́)
भिक्षिन् (bhikṣin)
भिक्षु (bhikṣu)
भिक्षुक (bhikṣuka)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भिक्ष् (0 c, 4 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root भिक्ष् (12 c, 0 e)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “भिक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 756, column 2.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 111

Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “bhikṣ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.