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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 136, col. 2.
    annavikāratva n. (-tvam) The being a transformation of food;

    of the metaphysical or mystical food (see anna 2. 2.), e. g. annaṃ

    vai virāḍiti śruterannavikāratvam ‘from the vaidik passage

    “Virāj is food” follows his being a transformation of food’;

    comp. annabrahman and the following. E. annavikāra, taddh.

    aff. tva. This word ought perhaps to be read annavikāritva.