[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s3.169 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.169 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.169 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s3.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.169) Bhikṣā, ‘begging,’ is one of the duties of the Brahmacārin according to the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.¹ The word has also the sense of ‘alms,’ as that which is obtained by begging, in the Atharvaveda.² According to the St. Petersburg Dictionary,³ it has this sense in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad⁴ also, but the correct reading there is probably Āmikṣā. - [Previous: v2.c4.s3.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.168) - [Next: v2.c4.s3.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.170) - [Up: v2.c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.169) · Pramāṇa