bhikshu

American  

[bik-shoo] / ˈbɪk ʃu /

Also bhikku

noun

Buddhism.

1. a monk.

2. any of the first disciples of Buddha.

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Etymology

Origin of bhikshu

1805–15; < Sanskrit bhikṣú (> Pali bhikkhu )

Example Sentences

The bhikshu was evidently rather out of his mind; and the verdict of a coroner's inquest of this nineteenth century would have pronounced that he killed himself "in a fit of insanity."

From A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline by Faxian, ca. 337-422

When he drew near his end, the king came to examine into the point; and having assembled the monks according to rule, asked whether the bhikshu had attained to the full degree of Wisdom.

From Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han by Davis, John Francis, Sir

In the middle of the caldron there rose up a lotus flower, with the bhikshu seated on it.

From Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han by Davis, John Francis, Sir

Soon after this a bhikshu, pursuing his regular course of begging his food, entered the gate of the place.

From Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han by Davis, John Francis, Sir

The king thereupon followed them, and entered the naraka, when the bhikshu preached the Law to him, and he believed, and was made free.

From Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han by Davis, John Francis, Sir