一切經音義 16.269

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除饉（勤靳反舊經中或言除士除女亦言堇士堇女今言比丘比丘尼也案梵言比丘此云乞士即與除饉義同謂除六情飢斷貪慾染也以善法堇修即言堇修士堇女也）。

Eradicating famine (除饉) (fanqie: 勤 + 靳. In older sūtras it is sometimes called "eradicating-man" and "eradicating-woman", and also "diligent man" and "diligent woman"; now we say bhikṣu and bhikṣuṇī. According to Sanskrit, *bhikṣu* is translated here as "mendicant", which shares the same meaning with "eradicating famine": it refers to eradicating the hunger of the six senses and severing the defilement of greedy desire. Because one diligently cultivates through wholesome dharmas, it is also called "diligent cultivator man" and "diligent woman").