English Explanatory Dictionary

khakkhara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a monk's staff used especially by a Buddhist mendicant as a tool for begging or as a weapon

Word forms

khakkhara khakkharas

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit खक्खर (khakkhara, “beggar’s staff”).

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