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Entry आहार

आहारāhāracooking.
Derived forms and compounds
- -पाकः
  
  cooking.
  
  digestion (of food).
- -विरहः want of food, privation, starvation.
- -संभवः the juice of the body, chyle, lymph.
- आहार āhāra, Adjective
  
  (रा or री Feminine)
  
  Bringing near, procuring, getting; भाराहारः कार्यवशात् Sk.
  
  Going to fetch; अयं गच्छति भर्ता मे फलाहारो महावनम् Mb.3.296.23.
- -रः
  
  Taking, fetching, or bringing near; निर्गतस्तु पुराद्वीरो भक्ष्याहारप्रचोदितः Rām.7.68.2.
  
  Employing, using.
  
  Taking food.
  
  Food; (आहरन्ति रसमस्मादित्याहारः Sk.); denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवृत्तिमकरोत् Pt.1 took his dinner; फलाहार, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवृत्तिः means of livelihood; भैक्षाहारः living on alms; यवाहार, निराहार etc.
- -अर्थिन् Adjective begging or seeking for food.
- -तेजस् Quicksilver.
- -निःसरणमार्गः the posterior part, passage of voiding excrements.
In the Gita17·7

आहारस्त्वपि सर्वस्य त्रिविधो भवति प्रियः ।

āhārastvapi sarvasya trividho bhavati priyaḥ, — The food also which is dear to each is of triple character, as also sacrifice, askesis and giving. Hear thou the distinction of these. 17·7
- आहारःāhāraḥnominative singular of the masculine noun āhāra (food).
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