bhikshun.

Brit.

/ˈbɪkʃuː/, U.S.

/ˈbɪkʃu/

Inflections: Plural bhikshus, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s bikshoo, 1800s– bhikshoo, 1800s– bhikshu, 1800s– bikshu.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit bhikṣu.

Etymology: < Sanskrit bhikṣu beggar, religious mendicant, (Hindu, Jain, or Buddhist) monk < bhikṣ- to beg, to ask for alms, desiderative formation < bhaj- to distribute, partake of (see -phagous comb. form).Compare the following slightly earlier passages, which reflect the Sanskrit derivative bhikṣuka, in the same sense:1811 W. Ward Acct. Hindoos III. 400 He becomes a Bhikshookŭ, literally a beggar, but this person is supposed to be distinguished by his having become perfectly insensible to all human things, and to be absorbed in thinking on God.1827 A. Steele Law & Custom of Hindoo Castes ii. 86 Bhikshook or professional beggars may be Gruhust, and may marry and have children, which the Sunyasees may not.

A male member of a Buddhist monastic community; a Buddhist monk. Occasionally also: a male member of a Jain or Hindu monastic community. Cf. bhikkhu n., bhikshuni n.In Theravada Buddhism the related term bhikkhu n. is typically used.

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1829 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Rev. Mar. 281 The Bhikshu, is he who assumes a staff and beggar's dish.., sustains himself by alms, and devotes his attention solely to the contemplation..of A'di-Buddha, without ever intermeddling with worldly affairs.

1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Aug. 609/3 The self-complacency which he had previously remarked in Hinayana bhikshus.

2015 Mānoa 27 p. xiv In the Jatakas, the bhikshus who found themselves in the presence of the Bodhisattva never went back to their old ways of ignorant living.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bhikshu
释义	bhikshun. Brit. /ˈbɪkʃuː/, U.S. /ˈbɪkʃu/ Inflections: Plural bhikshus, unchanged. Forms: 1800s bikshoo, 1800s– bhikshoo, 1800s– bhikshu, 1800s– bikshu. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit bhikṣu. Etymology: < Sanskrit bhikṣu beggar, religious mendicant, (Hindu, Jain, or Buddhist) monk < bhikṣ- to beg, to ask for alms, desiderative formation < bhaj- to distribute, partake of (see -phagous comb. form).Compare the following slightly earlier passages, which reflect the Sanskrit derivative bhikṣuka, in the same sense:1811 W. Ward Acct. Hindoos III. 400 He becomes a Bhikshookŭ, literally a beggar, but this person is supposed to be distinguished by his having become perfectly insensible to all human things, and to be absorbed in thinking on God.1827 A. Steele Law & Custom of Hindoo Castes ii. 86 Bhikshook or professional beggars may be Gruhust, and may marry and have children, which the Sunyasees may not. A male member of a Buddhist monastic community; a Buddhist monk. Occasionally also: a male member of a Jain or Hindu monastic community. Cf. bhikkhu n., bhikshuni n.In Theravada Buddhism the related term bhikkhu n. is typically used. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > friar > [noun] > Brahmin or Buddhist bhikshu1829 bhikkhu1836 grihastha1871 1829 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Rev. Mar. 281 The Bhikshu, is he who assumes a staff and beggar's dish.., sustains himself by alms, and devotes his attention solely to the contemplation..of A'di-Buddha, without ever intermeddling with worldly affairs. 1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Aug. 609/3 The self-complacency which he had previously remarked in Hinayana bhikshus. 2015 Mānoa 27 p. xiv In the Jatakas, the bhikshus who found themselves in the presence of the Bodhisattva never went back to their old ways of ignorant living. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829
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