annaM [ ad-kta; anityanena, an-nan ; according to Yāska, from ad, adyate atti ca BUtAni ; or from A-nam, A ABimuKyena hyetannataM prahvIBUtaM Bavati BojanAya BUtAnAM ] 1 Food (in general); adyate'tti ca BUtAni tasmAdannaM taducyate T. Up. ; medo'sfNmAMsamajjAsTi vadaMtyannaM manIziRaH Ms. 3. 182 ; ahamannaM BavAnBoktA H. 1. 54 I am your prey &c.; carARAmannamacarAH Ms. 5. 29. 2 Food as representing the lowest form in which the Supreme Soul is manifested, being the coarsest and last of the 5 vestures ( koSa ) in which the soul is clothed and passes from body to body in the long process of metempsychosis -“the nutrimentitious vesture or visible body in the world of sense” ( sTUlaSarIra called annamayakoSa ). 3 Boiled rice; annena vyaMjanaM P. II. 1. 34. 4 Corn (bread corn); tA ( ApaH ) annamasfjaMta tasmAdyatra kva ca varzati tadeva BUyizWamannaM Bavati Ch. Up. ; AdityAjjAyate vfzwirvfzwerannaM tataH prajAH . Ms. 3. 76 ; kfta° 9. 219 ; 10. 86 , 12. 65. 5 Water. 6 Earth ( pfTivyA annahetutvAdannaSabdavAcyatA ). 7 N. of Viṣṇu. — nnaH The sun ( sa hi annahetuvfzwihetuH ). Comp. — akAlaH = anAkAla q. v. — attf, -Adin -AhArin eating food. — ada a. 1 eating food. 2 having a good appetite ( dIptAgni ). ( pb ) — (daH) N. of Viṣṇu. — adyaM proper food, food in general; Ms. 3. 82 , 4. 112 , 11. 144. — AcCAdanaM, -vastraM food and clothing, food and raiment, the bare necessaries of life. — AyuH ( annAyu ) consisting of, living by, food, desirous of food ( annabaMDanaH, annajIvanaH ). — kAlaH hour of dinner; meal-time. — kiwwaH = °mala q. v. — kUwaH a large heap of boiled rice. — kozWakaH 1 a cupboard; granary. 2 Viṣṇu. 3 the sun. — gatiH f. the passage of food, gullet ( cf. bahiHsrotas ). — gaMDiH dysentery, diarrhœa. — ja, -jAta a. produced from food as the primitive substance. — jalaM food and water, bare subsistence. — tejas a. having the vigour caused by food. — da, -dAtf, -dAyin, -prada a. 1 giving food; vAridastfptimApnoti suKamakzayyamannadaH Ms. 4. 229. 2 epithet of Śiva. — dA N. of Durgā or Annapūrṇā. — dAsaH [ annena pAlito dAsaH SAka . ta .] a servant who works for food only, one who becoms a servant or slave by getting food only. — devatA the deity supposed to preside over articles of food. — dozaH 1 sin arising from eating prohibited food; Ms. 5. 4. 2 a defect in the food eaten; derangement of food or the humours of the body; AlasyAdannadozAcca mftyurviprAY jiGAMsati Ms. 5. 4. — dvezaH dislike of food, loss of appetite. — patiH lord or possessor of food, epithet of Savitṛ, Agni, and Śiva. — pAkaH cooking of food; digestion of food (by the fire in the stomach). — pU a. purifying food, epithet of the Sun. — pUrRa a. filled with, possessed of, food. — (rRA) a form of Durgā (the goddess of plenty); °ISvarI N. of Durgā or a form of Bhairavī. — peyaM = vAjapeyaM q. v. — pralaya a. being dissolved into food after death. — prASaH , — prASanaM the ceremony of giving a newborn child food to eat for the first time, one of the 16 Saṃskāras performed between the 5th and 8th month (usually in the sixth, Ms. 2. 34 ) with preliminary oblations to fire ( Mar. uzwAvaRa ); Ms. 2. 34 ; Y. 1. 12. — brahman, -Atman m. Brahma as represented by food. — Bakta a. [ annArTaM BaktaH dAsaH ] = annadAsa q. v. — Buj a. eating food, epithet of Śiva. — maya a. see below. — malaM 1 excrement, feces; P. VI. 1. 148 Sk. 2 spirituous ( pb ) liquor; surA vE malamannAnAM Ms. 11. 94. — rakzA precautions as to eating food. — rasaH essence of food, chyle; food and drink, nutriment; nAnAviDAnannarasAn vanyamUlaPalASrayAn teByo dadO Rām. — vastraM = °AcCAdanaM q. v. — vikAraH 1 transformation of food, assimilation. 2 disorder of the stomach caused by indigestion. 3 seminal discharge (of man); semen itself; cf. annAdretaH saMBavati . — vyavahAraH the law or custom relating to food, i. e. the custom of eating together or not with other persons. — SezaH leavings of food, offal. — saMskAraH consecration of food. — homaH a sacrifice (with 10 materials) connected with the Aśvamedha sacrifice.