bhikkhu=beggar?

--- Ole Holten Pind <oleholtenpind@...> skrev:

> The word bhikkhu is derived from the verbal root
> bhik.s "to beg" a
> desiderative form of bhaj "divide, share." A bhikkhu
> is a beggar monk.Such
> monks are also known to the christian tradition.

From a stricty etymological point of view, yes; but
the Dhammapada says "na tena bhikkhu hoti yaavataa
bhikkhate pare", which seems to me to tell us that
etymology is not everything.

Gunnar