Bhikshacarya, Bhikṣācarya, Bhiksha-carya, Bhikṣācaryā: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Bhikṣācarya and Bhikṣācaryā can be transliterated into English as Bhiksacarya or Bhikshacarya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Bhikshacharya.
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Source: Google Books: Sankara’s Vedanta through His Upanisad CommentariesBhikṣācārya (भिक्षाचार्य) refers to “begging” and represents a term used for renunciation.—Śaṅkara often uses terms for renunciation drawn from the Bṛhadāraṇyaka-upaniṣad: vyutthāna (“transcendence”—literally “intensely rising up or away from”), bhikṣācārya (“begging”) and parivrājin (“one who goes forth”—appearing mostly in its derivative form parivrājaka, which by the medieval period designated the most radical type of renunciation). But he also interjects the synonyms saṃnyāsa (“set down completely”) and tyāga (“letting go” or “abandoning”) or parityāga (“complete letting go” or complete abandoning) both widely used in epic sources such as the Bhagavadgītā and in more specialized medieval Vedānta sources focusing exclusively on renunciation.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhikṣācarya (भिक्षाचर्य) or Bhikṣācaryā (भिक्षाचर्या).—wandering about begging for alms.
Derivable forms: bhikṣācaryam (भिक्षाचर्यम्).
Bhikṣācarya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhikṣā and carya (चर्य). See also (synonyms): bhikṣācaraṇa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhikṣācarya (भिक्षाचर्य).—[neuter] caryā [feminine] going about begging.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhikṣācarya (भिक्षाचर्य):—[=bhikṣā-carya] [from bhikṣā > bhikṣ] n. ([Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]; f(ā). , [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra]; rya-caraṇa n., [ib.]) going about for alms, mendicancy.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Bhiksha, Carya.
Starts with: Bhikshacaryacarana.
Full-text: Bhikshacaryacarana, Bhikshacarana.
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