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Bhikkhaka 128 Bhittika
Bhikkhaka [It. bhikkhu, Cp. Epic Sk. bhikbuka & f.
bhiksuki] a beggar, mendicant S 1.182 (bh. brahmana) ;
J vi.'59 (v. 1. BB. °uka) ; VbhA 327.
Bhikkhati [cp. Vedic bhiksate, old desid. to bhaj ; def.
Dhtp 13 " yacane "] to beg alms, to beg, to ask for
5 1. 176, 182 (so read for T. bhikkhavo) ; Dh 266;
VbhA 327. — ppr. med. bhikkhamana Th 2, 123.
Bhikkha (f) [cp. Epic & Class. Sk. bhaiksa of bhikf, adj.
6 nt.] begged food, alms, alms-begging ; food Vin
IV.94 ; Cp I.I*; Vv 70* (ekaha bh. food for one day);
Miln 16 ; PvA 3, 75, 131 (katacchu") ; bhikkhaya carati
to go out begging food [cp. Sk. bhaiksai) carati] J ni.82 ;
V.75 ; PvA
of
51 & passim. —subhikkha (nt.) abundance
food D I.I I. dubbhikkha (nt.) (& °a f.) scantiness
of alms, famine, scarcity of food, adj. famine-stricken
(cp. Sk. durbhiksag) Vin 11. 175; in. 87 (adj.); iv.23
(adj.); S IV. 323, 324 (dvihitikai)) ; A 1.160; 111.41;
II. 149, 367 V.193 ; VI.487 ; Cp 1.33 (adj.) ; Vism 415
J ;
("pijita), 512 (f. in simile); KhA 218; DhA 1.169;
11.153 {Q. "i^a? fbhaya).
-ahara food received by a mendicant J 1.237 (=bhikkhu-ahara?).
-cariya going about for alms, begging
round Sn 700; PvA 146. -cara = °cariya Mhbv 28.
-paiiiiatti declaration of alms, announcement that
food is to be given to the Sangha, a dedication of food
Vin 1309.
Bhikkhu [cp. later Sk. bhiksu, fr. bhikf] an almsman, a
mendicant, a Buddhist monk or priest, a bhikkhu.
Vin 111.40 (vuddha-
nom. sg. bhikkhu
pabbajita) ; A 1.78
freq. passim ;
(thera bh., ah elder bh. ;
Sn
and nava
bh. a young bh.) ; 111.299 (id.) ; iv.25 (id.) ;
411 sq., 915 sq., 1041, 1 104
276. '360,
; 378; Vv 80^: ace. bhikkhui]
Dh 31, 266 sq., 364 sq,,
Vin in. 174; Dh 362, &
bhikkhunar) Sn 87, 88, 513; gen. dat. bhikkhuno
mqI"; & bhik-
A 1.274 ; Sn 221, 810, 961 ; Dh 373 ; Pv
khussa A 1.230 ; Vin in. 175 ; instr. bhikkhuna Sn 389.
pi. nom. bhikkhu Vin 11. 150; in. 175; D in. 123; Vism
305 (compared with amacca-
152 (in sim.) ; VbhA
putta) & bhikkhavo Sn 384, 573 ; Dh 243, 283 ; ace.
bhikkhu Sn p. 78 ; M 1.84 ; Vv 22"'; & bhikkhavo Sn
384, 573 gen. dat. bhikkhunai) Vin in. ; 285 ; D 111.264 ;
Sn 1015 ; Pv 11. i' ; & bhikkhunar| S 1.190 ; Th l, 1231 ;
instr. bhikkhuhi Vin in. 175; loc. bhikkhusu A iv.25,
& bhikkhusu Th i, 241, 1207; Dh ; 73 voc. bhikkhave
Sn
bhikkhavo Sn 280,
(a MagadhI form of nom. bhikkhavah) Vin in. 175 ;
p. 78 ; VvA 127 ; PvA 8, 39, 166 ; &
385-
There are several allegorical etymologies (definitions)
of the word bhikkhu, which occur frequently in the
commentaries. All are fanciful interpretations of the
idea of what a bhikkhu is or should be, and these
qualities were sought and found in the word itself.
Thus we mention here the foil, (a) bhikkhu =bhinnakilesa
(" one who has broken the stains " i. e. of bad
character) VbhA 328; VvA 29. 114, 310; PvA 51.
(b) Another more explicit expl" is " sattannar) dhammanai)
bhinnatta bhikkhu " (because of the breaking
or destroying of 7 things, viz. the 7 bad qualities,
leading to rebirth, consisting of sakkayaditthi, vicikiccha,
silabbata-paramasa, raga, dosa, moha, mana).
This def. at Nd^ 70=Nd2 477a. _ (c) Whereas in
a & b the first syllable 6A((-kkhu) i$ referred to
bhid, in this def. it is referred to bhi (to fear), with
the further reference of (bh-) iAAA(u) to ikf (to see),
and, bhikkhu defined as " sagsare bhayai) ikkhati
ti bh." Vism 3, 16 (sagsare bhayag ikkhanataya va
bhinna-pata-dharaditaya va). — A very comprehensive
def. of the term is found at Vbh 245-246, where
bhikkhu-ship is established on the ground of 18 qualities
(beginning with samannaya bhikkhu, patiniiaya
bh., bhikkhati ti bh., bhikkhako ti bh., bhikkhacariyag
ajjhupagato ti bh., bhinna-pafa-dharo ti bh.. bhindati
papake dhamrae ti bh., bhinnatta papakana;) dham-
manan ti bh. etc. etc.). — This passage is expl^ in
detail at VbhA 327, 328. — Two kinds of bhikkhus
are distinguished at Ps 1.176; Nd' 465=Nd2 477''. viz.
kalyana[-ka-]puthujjana (a layman of good character)
and sekkha (one in training), for which latter the term
patilinacara (one who lives in elimination, i. e. in
keeping away from the dangers of worldly life) is
given at Nd' 130 (on Sn 810).
-gatika a person who associates with the bhikkhus
(in the Vihara) Vin 1.148. -bhava state of being a
monk, monkhood, bhikkhuship D 1.176; Sn p. 102;
-sangha the community of bhikkhus, the Order of
friars D in. 208 ; Sn 403, 1015; Sn p. loi. 102; Miln
2og ; PvA 19 sq. & passim.
Bhikkhllka (-") (adj.) [fr. bhikkhu] belonging to a Buddhist
mendicant, a bhikkhu-, a monk's, or of monks, in
£a^ with monks, inhabited by bhikkhus Vin iv.307, 308 ;
opp. a° without bhikkhus, ibid.
Bhikkhuni (f.) [fr. bhikkhu, cp. BSk. bhiksuni, but
classical Sk. bhiksuki] an almswoman, a female mendicant,
a Buddhist nun D in. 123 sq.. 148. 168 sq.. 264;
Vin IV. 224 sq., 258 sq. ("sangha); S 1.128; 11. 215 sq..
IV. 159 sq. ; A 1.88, 113, 279; 11.132 ("parisa), 144;
III. 109 ; IV. 75 ; Miln 28 ; VbhA 498 (dahara", story of)
VvA 77.
Bhinka [cp. Vedic bhrnga large bee] the young of an
animal, esp. of an elephant, in its property of being
dirty (cp. pigs) Vin ii.20i=S 11.269 (bhinka-cchapa) ;
J v. 418 (with ref. to young cats: " maha-bijara nelamandalar)
vuccati taruna bhinka-cchapa-mandalar),"
T. "cchaca", vv. 11. bhiiijaka-cchaca ; taruna-bhiga
-cchapa ; bhinga-cchaja).
Bhinkara* (& °gara) [cp. late Sk. bhyngara] a water
jar, a (nearly always golden) vase, ceremonial vessel
11. 172;
(in donations) Vin 1.39 (sovanna-maya) ; D
A IV.210=214 (T. °gara. v. 1. °kara) ; Cp. 1.3*; J 1.85.
93; II. 371 ; III. 10 (suvanna") ; Dpvs xi.32 ; PvA 75;
KhA 175 (suvanna° ; v. 1. BB °gara). Sdhp 513 (sonija°).
Bhinkara^ [?] cheers, cries of delight (?) Bu 1.35 (-1- sadhu
kara).
Bhinkara^ [cp. Sk. bhrnga bee, bhfngaka & bhrnga-raja]
a bird : Lanius caerulescens J v.416.
Bhijjati [Pass, of bhindati, cp. Sk. bhidyate] to be broken,
to be destroyed; to break (instr); pres. bhijjati Dh
see phrase abhijjamane udake
148, ppr. bhijjamana :
under abhijj°, with which cp. phrase abhejjantya
pathavya J vi.508, which is difficult to explain (not
breaking ? for abhijjanti after abhejja & abhedi, and
*abhijjanto for abhijjamana, intrs. ?). imper. bhijjatu
Th I, 312. — praet. 2°'' pi. bhijjittha J 1.468;
aor. abhedi Ud 93 (abhedi kayo). — fut. bhijjhissati
DA 1.266 ; grd. bhijjitabba J in. 56 ; on
grd. °bhijja
see pabhindati; grd. bhejja in abhejja not to be broken
(q. v.).
Bhijjana (nt.) [fr. bhijjati] breaking up. splitting, perishing
; destruction J 1.392; v.284 ; vi.ii; DhA 1.257
(kanna bhijjan' akara-patta) ; ThA 43 (bhijjana-sabhava
of perishable nature ; expl" of bhidura Th 2, 35) ; PvA
41 ("dharama destructible, of sankhara). — Der. abhijjanaka
see sep.
Bhitti (f.) [fr. bhid, cp. *Sk. bhitta fragment, & Class.
Sk. bhittiwall] a wall Vin 1.48 ; D 11.85 ;Sn.i03 iv.183 ; ;
v. 218; J 1. 491 ; Vism 354=VbhA 58 (in comparison);
ThA 258; VvA 42, 160. 271. 302 ; PvA 24.
-khila a hin (peg) in the wall Vin 11. 114. 152. -pada
the support or lower part of a wall J iv.318.
Bhittika (adj.) [fr. bhitti] having a waH or walls J iv.318
(nala °a pa^nasala) ; vi.io (catu° with 4 walls).