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|description=In Pâli ''Bihkhu''. The name given to the first followers of Sâkyamuni Buddha. Lit., “mendicant scholar”. The ''Sanskrit Chinese Dictionary ''explains the term correctly by dividing Bhikshus into two classes of ''Sramanas ''(Buddhist monks and priests), viz., “esoteric mendicants who control their nature by the (religious) law, and exoteric mendicants who control their nature by ''diet'';” and it adds, less correctly: “every true Bhikshu is supposed to work miracles” {{ | |description=In Pâli ''Bihkhu''. The name given to the first followers of Sâkyamuni Buddha. Lit., “mendicant scholar”. The ''Sanskrit Chinese Dictionary ''explains the term correctly by dividing Bhikshus into two classes of ''Sramanas ''(Buddhist monks and priests), viz., “esoteric mendicants who control their nature by the (religious) law, and exoteric mendicants who control their nature by ''diet'';” and it adds, less correctly: “every true Bhikshu is supposed to work miracles” {{ctd-source|TG}}. | ||
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