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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. भोजनbhojanaa.भुज्-ल्यु ल्युट् वा]
    1. भुज्-ल्यु ल्युट् वा]
    2. Feeding, nourishing, giving to eat.
    3. Voracious; (राक्षसी) अङ्गारकेति विख्याता छायामाक्षिप्य भोजनी Rām.4.41.26.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नः

      1. Name of Viṣṇu.
      2. Of Śiva.
    • -नम्

      1. Eating, eating food; taking one's meals; अजीर्णे भोजनं विषम्.
      2. Food.
      3. Giving (food) to eat, feeding.
      4. Using, enjoying.
      5. Any object of enjoyment.
      6. That which is enjoyed; सहानुजैः प्रत्यवरुद्ध- भोजनः Bhāg.1.1.1.
      7. Property, wealth, possessions.
    • -अधिकारः charge of provender, superintendence over food or provisions, stewardship.

    • -आच्छादनम् food and raiment; भोजनाच्छादने दद्यादृतुकाले च संगमम् Pt.5.62.

    • -कालः, -वेला, -समयः meal-time, dinner or supper time.

    • -त्यागः abstaining from food, fasting.

    • -माण्डम् a dish of meat.

    • -भूमिः Feminine a dining-hall.

    • -विशेषः a dainty, delicacy.

    • -वृत्तिः Feminine a meal, food.

    • -व्यग्र

      1. Adjective
      2. engaged in eating.
      3. straitened for want of food.
    • -व्ययः expense for food.

    In the Gita17·10

    उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम् ॥

    ucchiṣṭamapi cāmedhyaṁ bhojanaṁ tāmasapriyam. — The tamasic temperament takes a perverse pleasure in cold, impure, stale, rotten or tasteless food or even accepts like the animals the remnants… 17·10
    • भोजनम्bhojanamnominative singular of the neuter noun bhojana (food).
  2. अतिभोजनम्atibhojanamVoracity, surfeiting oneself, excess in eating.

    Voracity, surfeiting oneself, excess in eating.

  3. अधिभोजनम्adhibhojanamExcess in eating.

    [अधिकं भोजनम्]

    1. Excess in eating.
    2. अधिकं भोजनं धनं मूल्यं वा यस्य Very costly or valuable; दश वस्त्राधिभोजना Rv.6.47.23; a supplementary or additional gift (?)
  4. अभोजनम्abhojanamNot eating, fasting, abstinence; त्रिरात्रं स्यादभोजनम् Ms.11.166.23.215.

    Not eating, fasting, abstinence; त्रिरात्रं स्यादभोजनम् Ms.11.166.23.215.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. भोजनbhojana[bhóg-ana] a. feeding (Siva); n. en joying, using; eating; meal; food (--˚, a. living on, affording as food…

    [bhóg-ana] adjective feeding (Siva); neuter en joying, using; eating; meal; food (--˚, adjective living on, affording as food, serving as the food of); property, possessions (Veda, Vedic); object of enjoyment; pleasure; giving of food, feed ing; preparation of food, cookery: -kâla, masculine meal-time; -bhânda, neuter dish for food; -bhû mi, feminine; also equal for eating-place, dining-hall; -visesha, masculine special kind of food, choice food, dainty, delicacy.

  2. अभोजनabhojana[a-bhogana] n. fasting.

    [a-bhogana] neuter fasting.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. भोजनbhojanamf(ई)n. feeding, giving to eat (said of S3iva शिव) MBh.
    1. mf(ई)neuter gender feeding, giving to eat (said of S3iva शिव) MBh.
    2. mf(ई)neuter gender voracious R.
    3. masculine gender Name of a mountain BhP.
    4. neuter gender the act of enjoying, using fg-veda
    5. neuter gender the act of eating (exceptionally with accusative of object) fg-veda etc.
    6. neuter gender a meal, food ibidem (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ)., "feeding on", "affording anything as food", "serving as food for"; 653272 त्रिद्व्य्-एक-भ्/ओजन masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "taking food every 3rd day, every 2nd day and every day")
    7. neuter gender anything enjoyed or used, property, possession fg-veda AV. Naigh.
    8. neuter gender enjoyment, any object of enj enjoyment or the pleasure caused by it fg-veda
    9. neuter gender (from Causal) the act of giving to eat, feeding Gr2S3rS. R. Mn. (varia lectio)
    10. neuter gender dressing food, cooking Nal.
  2. अतिभोजनatibhojanan. eating too much
    1. neuter gender eating too much
    2. neuter gender morbid voracity.
  3. अधिभोजनadhibhojanan. an additional gift RV. vi, 47, 23.

    neuter gender an additional gift fg-veda vi, 47, 23.

  4. अभोजनabhojanan. not eating, fasting Ka1tyS3r. Mn. &c.
    1. neuter gender not eating, fasting Ka1tyS3r. Mn. etc.
    2. neuter gender plural the same Katha1s.