AhAra · masculine (& neuter) · āhāra 1
food
Āhāra [from ā + hr̥, literally taking up or onto oneself] feeding, support, food, nutriment (literal and figurative). The term is used comprehensively and the usual enumeration comprises four kinds of nutriment, viz. (1) kabaḷiṅkāra-āhāro (bodily nutriment, either oḷāriko gross, solid, or sukhumo fine), (2) phassāhāro noun of contact, (3) manosañcetanā° noun of volition (= cetanā Sp on S II 11 f. ), (4) viññāṇ° of consciousness. Thus at M I 261; D III 228, 276; Dhs 71-73; Vism 341. Another definition of Dhammapāla's refers it to the fourfold tasting as asita (eaten), pīta (drunk), khāyita (chewed), sāyita (tasted) food Pv-a 25. A synonym with mūla, hetu, etc. for cause, Yamaka, I 3; Yam-a ( JPTS , 1910-12) 54. See on term also BMPE 28 note 1. — Vin I 84; D I 166; S I 172; II 11, 13, 98 f. (the 4 kinds, in detail); III 54 (sa°); V 64, 391; A III 51 (sukhass°), 79, 142 f., 192 f.; IV 49, 108; V 52 (the four), 108, 113 (avijjāya etc.), 116 (bhavataṇhāya), 269 f. (nerayikānaṃ etc.); Snp 78, 165, 707, 747; Nidd I 25; Paṭis I 22 (the four) 122 (the same), 55, 76 sq; Kv 508; Pp 21, 55; Vibh 2, 13, 72, 89, 320, 383, 401 f. (the four); Dhs 58, 121, 358, 646; Nett 31, 114, 124; As 153, 401; Dhp-a I 183 (°ṃ pacchindati to bring up food, to vomit); II 87; Vv-a 118; Pv-a 14, 35, 112, 148 (utu° physical nutriment); Saddh 100, 395, 406; A V 136 gives ten āhāra opposed to ten paripanthā. — an° without food, unfed M I 487 (aggi); S III 126; V 105; Snp 985. -ūpahāra consumption of food, feeding, eating Vin III 136; -ṭhitika subsisting or living on food D III 211, 273; A V 50, 55; Paṭis I 5, 122; -pariggaha taking up or acquirement of food Miln 244 or is it "restraint or abstinence in food"? Same combination at Miln 313; -maya "food-like", feeding stuff, food Ja III 523; -lolatā greed after food Pj II 35; -samudaya origin of nutriment S III 59.
āhāra , m. ( 1 ) some member of a shipʼs crew, mentioned with nāvika and others Av i.200.5 ; ii.61.9 ; evidently = āhāraka , q.v. ; perhaps tower , cf. Pali Jāt. iv.159.16 (nāvaṃ) āharitvā gāmato, apparently having towed away from the village ; cf. also āharaṇa ; ( 2 ) in Mvy 798 = Tib. rgyud , usually = tantra; perhaps a mystic technique in general, or possibly bringing in in a more specific sense, see s.v. yamaka ; ( 3 ) district, province : Māy 28 ; see Hultzsch, Aśoka , 163 n. 11 ; ( 4 ) āhāra, nt. = Skt. āhāra, m. food : Divy 13.7 °raṃ, n. sg. ; same MSV iii.22.10 . On āhāra-kṛtya see s.v. kṛtya (2).
taking; food, nutriment, sustenance; fuel; support
【陽】食物，營養物。~ṭṭhitika,【形】依靠食物生活。
(masc, masc, from āharati) food (for); fuel (for); sustenance (for); nutriment (for); (comm) condition food, nutriment [lit.] taking here Construction: ā + √har > hār + *a
(adj, adj, in comps, from āharati) eating; taking; feeding on [lit.] taking here Construction: ā + √har > hār + *a
(masc, masc, from āharati) quotation [lit.] taking here Construction: ā + √har > hār + *a