bhikkhu means A male Buddhist monk or priest; one who follows all Buddhist precepts as a full member of the sangha. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 63 out of 100.
Why this word is great
BHIKKHU — [Noun] A fully ordained male Buddhist monk who lives by the monastic code (Patimokkha) as a member of the sangha. From Pali bhikkhu ("beggar, mendicant, Buddhist monk"), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu, "mendicant, beggar"). Unlike *bhikshu* (its Sanskrit cognate, freighted with the scholastic weight of Mahayana traditions) or *upāsaka* (a devout layman anchored to the world's currents), a bhikkhu is a formal extraction into radical poverty. He is the shaved head moving through a village at dawn, the ochre robe dyed with earth, the worn bowl that receives the world without grasping it—a life reduced to a pure, resonant vessel for the Dhamma.
noun
- A male Buddhist monk or priest; one who follows all Buddhist precepts as a full member of the sangha.