annam

annam [ad-kta; anityanena, an-nan; according to Yāska from ad, adyate atti ca bhūtāni; or from ā-nam, ā ābhi mukhyena hyetannataṃ prahvībhūtaṃ bhavati bhojanāya bhūtānām] 1 Food (in general); adyate'tti ca bhūtāni tasmādannaṃ taducyate Tait. Up.; mado'sṛṅmāṃsamajjāsthi vadantyannaṃ manīṣiṇaḥ Ms.3.8.182; ahamannaṃ bhavān bhoktā H.1.51. I am your prey &c.; carāṇāmannamacarāḥ 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 (kośa) 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" (sthūla- śarīra called annamayakośa). -3 Boiled rice; annena vyañjanam P. II.1.34. -4 Corn (bread corn); tā (āpaḥ) annama- sṛjanta tasmādyatra kva ca varṣati tadeva bhūyiṣṭhamannaṃ bhavati Ch. Up.6.2.4.; ādityājjāyate vṛṣṭirvṛṣṭerannaṃ tataḥ prajāḥ Ms.3.76; kṛta˚ 9.219;10.86,12.65. -5 Water. -6 Earth (pṛthivyā annahetutvādannaśabdavācyatā). -7 N. of Viṣṇu. -nnaḥ The sun (sa hi annahetuvṛṣṭihetuḥ). -Comp. -akālaḥ = anākāla q. v. -attṛ, -ādin, -āhārin eating food. -ada a. eating food. -2 having a good appetite (dīptāgni). (-daḥ) N. of Viṣṇu. -adyam proper food, food in general; kuryādaharahaḥ śrāddhamannādyenodakena vā Ms.3.82,4.112, 11.144. annādyena prajāpatiḥ (tṛptaḥ) Mb.3.200.68. -ācchā- danam, -vastram food and clothing, food and raiment, the bare necessaries of life. -āyuḥ (annāyu) consisting of, living by, food; desirous of food (annabandhanaḥ, annajīvanaḥ). -kāma a. desirous of food; sa idbhojo yo gṛhave dadātyannakāmāya Rv.10.117.3. -kālaḥ hour of dinner; meal-time. -kiṭṭaḥ = ˚mala q. v. -kūṭaḥ a large heap of boiled rice. -koṣṭhakaḥ 1 a cupboard; granary. -2 Viṣṇu. -3 the sun. -gatiḥ f. the passage of food, gullet (cf. bahiḥ- srotas). -gandhiḥ dysentery, diarrhoea. -ja, jāta a. produced from food as the primitive substance. -jam rice-gruel of three days. -jā f. a hickup. -jalam food and water, bare subsistence. -tejas a. having the vigour caused by food. -da, -dātṛ, -dāyin, -prada a. 1 giving food. vāridastṛptimāpnoti sukhamakṣayyamannadaḥ Ms.4.229. -2 epithet of Śiva. -dā N. of Durgā or Annapūrṇā. -dāsaḥ [annena pālito dāsaḥ śāka. ta.] a servant who works for food only, one who becomes a servant or slave by getting food only. -devatā the deity supposed to preside over articles of food. -doṣaḥ 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; ālasyādannadoṣācca mṛtyurviprāñ jighāṃsati Ms.5.4. -dveṣaḥ dislike of food, loss of appetite. -patiḥ lord or possessor of food, epithet of Savitṛ, Agni, and Śiva. annapate'nnasya no dehi Tait. Saṁ.11.83;34.58. -pākaḥ cooking of food; digestion of food; (by the fire in the stomach). -pū a. purifying food, epithet of the Sun. -pūrṇa a. filled with, possessed of, food. (-rṇā) a form of Durgā (the goddess of plenty); ˚īśvarī N. of Durgā or a form of Bhairavī. -peyam = vāja- peyam q. v. -pralaya a. being dissolved into food after death. -prāśaḥ, prāśanam the ceremony of giving a new-born child food to eat for the first time, one of the 16 Saṁskāras performed between the 5th and 8th month (usually in the sixth, Ms.2.34) with preliminary oblations to fire (Mar.uṣṭāvaṇa); ṣaṣṭhe'nnaprāśana māsi Ms.2.34; Y.1.12. -brahman, -ātman m. Brahman as represented by food. -bhakta a. [annārthaṃ bhaktaḥ dāsaḥ] = annadāsa q. v. -bhuj a. eating food, epithet of Śiva. -maya a. see below. -malam 1 excrement, faeces; P.VI.1.148 Sk. -2 spirituous liquor; surā vai malamannānām Ms.11.93. -rakṣā precautions as to eating food. -rasaḥ essence of food, chyle; food and drink, nutriment; nānāvidhānannarasān vanyamūlaphalāśrayān | tebhyo dadau Rām. -vat a. possessed of food; annavāntsan raphitāyopaja- gmuṣe Rv.10.117.2. -vastram = ˚ācchādanam q. v. -vikāraḥ. 1 transformation of food, assimilation. -2 disorder of the stomach caused by indigestion. -3 seminal discharge (of man); semen itself; cf. annādretaḥ saṃbhavati. -vid a. acquiring food; kārṣīvaṇā annavido na vidyayā Av.6.116.1. -vyavahāraḥ the law or custom relating to food; i. e. the custom of eating together or not with other persons. -śeṣaḥ leavings of food, offal. -saṃskāraḥ consecration of food. -homaḥ a sacrifice (with 10 materials) connected with the Aśvamedha sacrifice.