khakkhara

English

Etymology

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

Noun

khakkhara (plural khakkharas)

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