bhaikṣuka (11339)

bhaikṣuka
Entry 11339, Page 412, Col. 1

(BEkzuka, BEkzuka)
bhaikṣuka¦, m. (= Skt., BHS bhikṣu), monk, men- dicant: Mvy 2999 = Tib. spoṅ ba pa, monk (Das); here used of a person living in the fourth āśrama of the Hindu system (but not, as pw 7.365 states, as epithet of that āśrama itself! prec. by vānaprastha, which in Skt. is usually applied to an individual person); puṇyaparikṣīṇa iva bhaikṣukaḥ LV 333.13 (vs), like a mendicant who has spent his store of merit. [Page412-b+ 71]