masculine (& n)
fodder
Ghāsa [Vedic ghāsa, from ghasati, q.v. Cf. Latin gramen = grass] grass for fodder, pasturing: food Ja I 511 (°ṃ kurute); Pv-a 173 (°atthāya gacchati "go feeding"). Mostly in: °esana search for food (= gocara) S I 141; Snp 711. — Cf. vi°. -chada (chāda and chādana) food and clothing, i.e. tending, fostering, good care (= posana) (active) or being well looked after, well provided (passive); chada: Pp 51; chāda: Ja I 94; A I 107; II 85; III 385; chādana: D I 60; M I 360; Vv-a 23, 137; -hāraka one who fetches the fodder (food) Thag 910. {258}
pasturing; fodder; food; eating
【陽】 食物,馬料,澤甜牧草,草原看麥娘(舊大 陸北部的一種粗壯、直立、多年生禾草 (Alopecurus pratensis),與梯牧草很相似,廣泛栽培供放牧和割製乾草)。~cchādana,【中】 衣食。~hāraka,【形】 取馬料來的人。
(masc, masc, from ghasati) food; fodder food, fodder, kind of grass Construction: √ghas > ghās + *a