neuter
food
Anna (neuter) [Vedic anna, original past participle of adati to eat] "eating", food, especially boiled rice, but includes all that is eaten as food, viz. odana, kummāsa, sattu, maccha, maṃsa (rice, gruel, flour, fish, meat) Nidd I 372 = 495. Anna is spelt aṇṇa in combinations aparaṇṇa and pubbaṇṇa. Under dhañña (Nidd II §314) are distinguished 2 kinds, viz. raw, natural cereals (pubbaṇṇaṃ: sāli, vīhi, yava, godhūma, {44} kaṅgu, varaka, kudrūsaka) and boiled, prepared food (apar'aṇṇaṃ: sūpeyya curry). Pj II 378 (on Snp 403) explains anna by yāgubhattadi. — D I 7; A I 107, 132; II 70, 85, 203; Snp 82, 240, 403, 924; Ja III 190; Pp 51; Saddh 106, 214. -āpa food and water Saddh 100; -da giving food Snp 297; -pāna food and water, eating and drinking, to eat and to drink Snp 485, 487; Pv I 5 2 , 8 2 ; Pj I 207, 209; Pv-a 7, 8, 30, 31, 43.
anna mfn. (√ ad ), eaten, L.
food (especially boiled rice)
【中】 食物，米飯。~da,【形】 施食者。~pāna,【中】 食物和飲料。
(nt, nt, pp of adati) food food, boiled rice [lit.] eaten Construction: √ad + na