praheRaka
praheṇaka , nt. (= Skt. Lex. id. , also prahelaka, prob. by error; Pali paheṇaka, also °hiṇ°, see Childers ; AMg. paheṇa, Pkt. also °ṇaga, °ṇaya, sending of estables to the relatives, a present of food , Ratnach. , and so Sheth , bhojopanāyan, khādya vastu kī bheṃṭ; in Pali , e.g. AN iii.76.13 , usually a gift of food ; in Jāt. vi.369.9 cūḷāmaṇiṃ paheṇakatthāya pahiṇi, the gift was a jewel, which to be sure was concealed in a vessel containing takka, dates? at any rate, food; note the verb pahiṇi, which points to connexion with Skt. pra-hinoti), a present , in BHS , at least, only of delicacies to be eaten: Divy 13.26 (mama [Page390-b] jñātayaḥ) °ṇakāni preṣayanti, and in ff. lines; maṇḍīlakāḥ praheṇakam anupreṣitam Divy 258.19 .