Bhikkhunī (f.) [fr. bhikkhu, cp. BSk. bhiksuṇī, but classical Sk. bhikṣukī] an almswoman, a female mendicant, a Buddhist nun D iii.123 sq., 148, 168 sq., 264; Vin iv.224 sq., 258 sq. (˚sangha); S i.128; ii.215 sq., iv.159 sq.; A i.88, 113, 279; ii.132 (˚parisā), 144; iii.109; iv.75; Miln 28; VbhA 498 (dahara˚, story of); VvA 77.