bhikshu

[ bik-shoo ]

noun

, Buddhism.

1. a monk.
2. any of the first disciples of Buddha.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bhikshu¹

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

Example Sentences

“There was some damage to the staircases near the Bodhi tree, and some window panes were broken,” Bhikshu Chalinda, the senior monk at the temple, said in a telephone interview from Bodh Gaya.

From New York Times

“There was some damage to the staircases near the Bodhi tree, and some window panes were broken,” Bhikshu Chalinda, the senior monk of the temple, said in a telephone interview from Bodh Gaya.

From New York Times

Again, if we preferred the reading abhigñânâbhigñâtaih, this, too, would admit of an intelligible rendering—viz. known or distinguished by the marks or characteristics, the good qualities, that ought to belong to a Bhikshu.

From Project Gutenberg

Arhat is the title of the Bhikshu on reaching the fourth degree of perfection.

From Project Gutenberg

It was quite impossible for him to ignore the question; and the practice was admitted as a part of the training of the Buddhist Bhikshu.

From Project Gutenberg