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āhārasamudayaṁ

āhārasamudaya

masculine accusative singular

1. the arising of nutriment
2. the origin of sustenance
3. the cause of food-intake

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward, taken in
  The prefix ā- reverses motion verbs, focusing on intake and arrival.
• hāra — stem · carrying, food-intake
  From √har, cognate with English carry. In Pali, āhāra denotes both the act of eating and the sustenance itself.
• sam — prefix · together
  The prefix sam- indicates bringing things into one or completeness.
• udaya — stem · arising, origin
  From ud- (up, out) + √ay (go), literally "coming up", hence origination or manifestation.
• ṁ — ending · masculine accusative singular
  The -ṁ ending marks the direct object case, showing nutriment as the object that arises.

Analysis. āhāra- (nutriment, food-intake) + samudaya (arising, origin). A compound term in the dependent origination formula: nutriment (one of four types: edible food, contact, mental intention, consciousness) is identified as the condition for becoming and continued existence.

Etymology. āhāra from ā- (toward, taken in) + √har (carry), literally "what is carried toward oneself"; samudaya from sam- (together) + ud- (up, out) + √ay (go), literally "coming-together upward", hence arising or origination.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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