○bhikṣa n. (rarely m.) scarcity of provisions, dearth, famine, want, distress TĀr. i, 4, 3 Mn. MBh. &c
• -tva n. Pañc. ii, 54, 55
• -vyasanin mfn. suffering from the calamity of famine Hit. iv, 44
• -śamana m. 'alleviator of famine', a king L.