The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

(see Dial. i.108 n. & Fick, Sociale Gliederung 104 sq.) J i.199, 354, 483; ii.135 (=g!mapati, g!maje&&haka);
v.413; DhA i.69. Cp. bhojanaka.
Bhojana
Bhojana (nt.) [fr. bhuñjati] food, meal, nourishment in general J ii.218; iv.103, 173; J i.178; iv.223; Sn 102,
128, 242, 366, 667; Dh 7, 70; Pug 21, 55; Miln 370; Vism 69, 106; Sdhp 52, 388, 407. Some similes with
bhojana see J.P.T.S. 1907, 119. -- tika˚ food allowed for a triad (of reasons) Vin ii.196. dub˚ having little or
bad food J ii.368; DhA iv.8. pa*"ta˚ choice & plentiful meals Vin iv.88. sabhojane kule in the family in
which a bhikkhu has received food Vin iv.94. -- bhojane mattaññu(t!) knowing proper measure in eating
(& abstr.); eating within bounds, one of the 4 restricttions of moral life S ii.218; A i.113 sq.; Nd1 483.
5 bhojan!ni or meals are given at Vin iv.75, viz. niccabhatta˚, sal!kabhatta˚, pakkhika', uposathika',
p!&ipadika'. -- As part of the regulations concerning food, hours of eating etc. in the Sangha there is a
distinction ascribed to the Buddha between ga*abhojana', parampara -- bhojana', atirittabhojana',
anatirittabhojana' mentioned at Kvu ii.552; see Vin iv.71, 77. All these ways of taking food are forbidden
under ordinary circumstances, but allowed in the case of illness (gil!na -- samaye), when robes are given to
the Bhikkhus (c"varasamaye) and several other occasions, as enumd at Vin iv.74. -- The distinction is made
as follows: ga*abhojana' said when 4 bhikkhus are invited to partake together of one of the five foods; or
food prepared as a joint meal Vin iv.74; cp. ii.196; v.128, 135; paramparabhojana' said when a bhikkhu,
invited to partake of one of the 5 foods, first takes one and then another Vin iv.78; atirittabhojana' is food
left over from that provided for a sick person, or too great a quantity offered on one occasion to bhikkhus
(in this case permitted to be eaten) Vin iv.82; anatirittabhojana' is food that is not left over & is accepted &
eaten by a bhikkhu without inquiry Vin iv.84. -- aggad!na gift of the best of food SnA 270. -- atthika in
need of food, hungry Pv ii.929. -- pariyantika restricting one's feeding Vism 69. -- vikati at J v.292 is to be
read as bh!jana˚ (q. v.).
Bhojanaka
Bhojanaka=bhojaka, in ˚g!ma owner or headman of the village J ii.134.
Bhojaniya, Bhojan"ya, Bhojaneyya
Bhojaniya, Bhojan"ya, Bhojaneyya [grd. of bhuj, Caus. bhojeti. Cp. bhuñjitabba] what may be eaten,
eatable, food; fit or proper to eat. -- bhojaniya: food Vin iv.92 (five foods: odana rice, kumm!sa gruel, sattu
meal, flour, maccha fish, ma'sa meat). Soft food, as distinguished from kh!daniya hard food J i.90. See
also kh!daniya. bhojan"ya: eatable S i.167, cp. pari˚. bhojaneyya: fit to eat DA i.28; a˚ unfit to be eaten Sn
81; J v.15.
Bhojin
Bhojin ( -- ˚) (adj.) [fr. bhuj] feeding on, enjoying A iii.43; M i.343; Sn 47; J ii.150; Pug 55.
Bhojeti
Bhojeti [Caus. of bhuñjati] to cause to eat, to feed, entertain, treat, regale Vin i.243; iv.71; J vi.577; DhA
i.101.
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Bhojja
Bhojja (adj.) [grd. of bhuñjati] to be eaten, eatable; khajja˚ what can be chewed & eaten DA i.85. ˚y!gu
"eatable rice -- gruel," i. e. soft gruel, prepared in a certain way Vin i.223, 224.