yācaka

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Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

yāca +‎ -ka. This and Sanskrit याचक (yācaka) appear to be parallel developments.

Noun

yācaka m

  1. beggar
    • saddho dāyako dānapati anāvaṭadvāro samaṇabrāhmaṇakapaṇaddhikavaṇibbakayācakānaṃ opānabhūto puññāni karoti
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      Kūṭadantasuttaṃ

Declension

References

  • Concise Pali-English Dictionary by A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera