The Sanskrit term Bhikṣubhāva can be transliterated into English as Bhiksubhava or Bhikshubhava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Bhikṣubhāva (भिक्षुभाव) refers to the “way as a monk”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Śrīgupta said to the Lord: “[...] O Lord, as I do not have any worldly attachment (amama) nor property (aparigraha), I pray that I may leave the world for the well-explained discipline, be ordained, and obtain the way as a monk (bhikṣubhāva)”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhikṣubhāva (भिक्षुभाव).—monk-hood, priest-hood.

Derivable forms: bhikṣubhāvaḥ (भिक्षुभावः).

Bhikṣubhāva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhikṣu and bhāva (भाव).

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

Bhikṣubhāva (भिक्षुभाव):—[=bhikṣu-bhāva] [from bhikṣu > bhikṣ] m. monkhood, priesthood, [Divyāvadāna]

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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: Bhikshu, Bhava.

Full-text: Apurvena, Upasampad.

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