— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
भिक्षाटनbhikṣāṭana
भिक्षाटन (bhikṣāṭana) is a Sanskrit word meaning wandering about for alms, the name of a poet, a chapter of the Brahmanda Purana, begging or mendicancy, begging for alms, a mendicant. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them The act of begging/mendicancy, Begging (act/agent) or adjectival, Proper Name.
- Root
- कृ (kṛ)
- Etymology
- E. भिक्षा alms, and अटन going about for
- Definitions
- 10
Meanings by context
The act of begging/mendicancy
5 definitions
भिक्षा (bhikṣā)टन (bhikṣāṭana) n. (-नं (-naṃ)) Begging, mendicancy.
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
भिक्षा_टन (bhikṣā_ṭana) (नं) ((naṃ)) 1. n. Begging. [ID=28048]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
भिक्षा-अटन (bhikṣā-aṭana) (I) n. going about for alms. [ID=27492]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
भिक्षाटन (bhikṣāṭana) n. the same; °नं कृ (°naṃ kṛ) beg for alms. [ID=22898]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Begging (act/agent) or adjectival
2 definitions
भिक्षा (bhikṣā)° (°)टन (° (°)ṭana) mfn. (° (°)क्षा (° (°)kṣā)ट् (ṭ)° (°)) id., Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=150676]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
भिक्षा (bhikṣā)टन (bhikṣāṭana)
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Proper Name
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
A beggar/mendicant
1 definition
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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Definitions on this page come from 6 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.