บิณฑบาต

• บิณฑบาตร (bin-tá-bàat) — archaic, obsolete or dated

From Pali piṇḍapāta (literally “dropped lump”), from piṇḍa (“lump”) + pāta (“to drop”), equivalent to Thai บิณฑ +‎ บาต (bàat). Compare Sanskrit पिण्डपत्र (piṇḍapatra, literally “dropped lump”).

บิณฑบาต • (bin-tá-bàat) (abstract noun การบิณฑบาต)

1. (Buddhism, of a priest) to accept alms dropped into one's alms bowl.
2. (Buddhism, of a priest) to ask for alms by requesting them to be dropped into one's alms bowl.
3. (Buddhism, of a priest, figuratively) to ask (for); to call (for); to demand; to request; to beg.