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					Bhikkhā,(f.) [cp.Epic & Class.Sk.bhaikṣa of bhikṣ,adj.& nt.] begged food,alms,alms-begging; food Vin.IV,94; Cp I.14; Vv 704 (ekāhā bh.food for one day); Miln.16; PvA.3,75,131 (kaṭacchu°); bhikkhāya carati to go out begging food [cp.Sk.bhaikṣaṁ carati] J.III,82; V,75; PvA.51 & passim.--subhikkha (nt.) abundance of food D.I,11.dubbhikkha (nt.) (& °ā f.) scantiness of alms,famine,scarcity of food,adj.famine-stricken (cp.Sk.durbhikṣaṁ) Vin.II,175; III,87 (adj.); IV,23 (adj.); S.IV,323,324 (dvīhitikaṁ); A.I,160; III,41; J.II,149,367; V,193; VI,487; Cp I.33 (adj.); Vism.415 (°pīḷita),512 (f.in simile); KhA 218; DhA.I,169; II,153 (f.); III,437 (°bhaya).
  --āhāra food received by a mendicant J.I,237 (=bhikkhu-āhāra?).--cariyā going about for alms,begging round Sn.700; PvA.146.--cāra=°cariyā Mhbv 28.--paññatti declaration of alms,announcement that food is to be given to the Saṅgha,a dedication of food Vin.I,309.(Page 504)