Bhaikshacarana, Bhaikṣacaraṇa, Bhaiksha-carana: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bhaikṣacaraṇa can be transliterated into English as Bhaiksacarana or Bhaikshacarana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Bhaikshacharana.
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Bhaikṣacaraṇa (भैक्षचरण).—going about begging, begging, collecting alms.
Derivable forms: bhaikṣacaraṇam (भैक्षचरणम्).
Bhaikṣacaraṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhaikṣa and caraṇa (चरण). See also (synonyms): bhaikṣacarya.
Bhaikṣacaraṇa (भैक्षचरण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) Plying for alms, begging. E. bhaikṣa and caraṇa going.
Bhaikṣacaraṇa (भैक्षचरण).—[neuter] caryā [feminine] going about begging.
Bhaikṣācaraṇa (भैक्षाचरण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—kāvya, by Śivadāsa. ibid.
Bhaikṣacaraṇa (भैक्षचरण):—[=bhaikṣa-caraṇa] [from bhaikṣa] n. going about begging, collecting alms (ṇaṃ-√car, to practise mendicancy), [Manu-smṛti; Gautama-dharma-śāstra]
Bhaikṣacaraṇa (भैक्षचरण):—[bhaikṣa-caraṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Begging.
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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.
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Partial matches: Bhaiksha, Carana.
Full-text: Bhaikshacarya.
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