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bhojanāni

bhojana

nt nom pl of bhojana (noun); nt acc pl of bhojana (noun); nt voc pl of bhojana (noun); nt nom pl of bhojana (adj); …

1. food; meal; lit. eating
2. eating; taking food
3. nourishment; nutrition; lit. eating
4. having food; with food to eat; regarding food; lit. eating
5. (vinaya) cooked food; staple food; lit. eating

Etymology. √bhuj > bhoj + *ana; from √bhuj 'use, eat, enjoy'; Sanskrit bhojana [bhuj]

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

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