The Sanskrit term Bhikṣ can be transliterated into English as Bhiks or Bhiksh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhikṣ (भिक्ष्).—1 Ā. (bhikṣate, bhikṣita)

1) To ask, beg or ask for (with two acc.); भिक्षमाणो वनं प्रियाम् (bhikṣamāṇo vanaṃ priyām) Bhaṭṭikāvya 6.9.

2) To beg. (as alms); न यज्ञार्थं धनं शूद्राद्विप्रो भिक्षेत कर्हिचित् (na yajñārthaṃ dhanaṃ śūdrādvipro bhikṣeta karhicit) Ms. 11.24,25.

3) To ask without obtaining.

4) To be weary or distressed.

5) To obtain.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhikṣ (भिक्ष्).—r. 1st cl. (bhikṣate) 1. To beg. 2. To obtain. 3. To fail of obtaining. 4. To solicit any thing through cupidity or covetousness. 5. To be weary or distressed.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhikṣ (भिक्ष्).— (for bibhakṣ, desider. of bhaj), i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] (in epic poetry also [Parasmaipada.], Mahābhārata 3, 16986). 1. To beg, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 184. 2. To solicit from, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 50 (acc.); 11, 24 (abl.). 3. † To obtain. 4. † To fail of obtaining. 5. † To be distressed. 6. † To solicit anything through covetousness(?).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhikṣ (भिक्ष्).—bhikṣate (bhikṣati) wish for ([accusative] or [genetive]); request, beg (1 or 2 [accusative]), [especially] go begging for food. [Causative] bhikṣayati cause to beg.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhikṣ (भिक्ष्):—([from] [Desiderative] of √bhaj [literally] ‘to wish to, share or partake’), [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhātupāṭha xvi, 5]) bhikṣate ([Epic] also [Parasmaipada] ti; [perfect tense] bibhikṣe, [Brāhmaṇa] etc.; [Aorist], abhikṣiṣṭa [grammar]; [future] bhikṣiṣyate, [Mahābhārata]; [infinitive mood] bhikṣitum, [ib.]),

—to wish for, desire ([accusative] or [genitive case]), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to beg anything ([especially] alms) from (two [accusative] or [accusative] of thing and [ablative] of [person]), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc. etc.;

—to be weary or distressed (?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] :

—[Causal] bhikṣayati, to cause to beg, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Bhikṣ (भिक्ष्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bhikkha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhiksh in German

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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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Starts with (+87): Bhiksanapa, Bhiksha, Bhikshabhagya, Bhikshabhajana, Bhikshabhaksha, Bhikshabhanda, Bhikshabhuj, Bhikshabidala, Bhikshacara, Bhikshacarana, Bhikshacarya, Bhikshacaryacarana, Bhikshachara, Bhikshacharana, Bhikshacharya, Bhikshada, Bhikshadaan, Bhikshadana, Bhikshadi, Bhikshahara.

Ends with: Abhiksh, Subhiksh.

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