Bhikkhati [cp. Vedic bhikṣate, old desid. to bhaj; def. Dhtp 13 "yācane"] to beg alms, to beg, to ask for S i.176, 182 (so read for T. bhikkhavo); Dh 266; VbhA 327. -- ppr. med. bhikkhamāna Th 2, 123.