to beg alms, to beg, to ask for SN.i.176, SN.i.182 (so read for T. bhikkhavo); Dhp.266 Vb-a.327
ppr med. bhikkhamāna Thig.123.

cp. Vedic bhikṣate, old desid. to bhaj; def. Dhtp.13 “yācane”