Āhāratthaṃ [āhāra + tta] the state of being food. In the idiom āhārattaṃ pharati; Vin I 199, of medicine, "to penetrate into foodness", to come under the category of food; Miln 152, of poison, to turn into food. [According to Oldenberg (Vin I 381) his mss read about equally °attaṃ and °atthaṃ. Trenckner prints °atthaṃ, and records no variant (see page 425)].