n. a meal, food (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ā-).,"feeding on","affording anything as food","serving as food for"; tridvyekabhojanatridvy-eka-bh/ojana-mfn."taking food every 3rd day, every 2nd day and every day")
भोजन a. भुज्-ल्यु ल्युट् वा] 1 Feeding, nourishing, giving to eat. -2 Voracious; (राक्षसी) अङ्गारकेति विख्याता छायामाक्षिप्य भोजनी Rām.4.41.26. -नः 1 N. 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. -Comp. -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 f. a dining-hall. -विशेषः a dainty, delicacy. -वृत्तिः f. a meal, food. -व्यग्र a. 1 engaged in eating. -2 straitened for want of food. -व्ययः expense for food.
a. feeding (Siva); n. en joying, using; eating; meal; food (--°ree;, a. living on, affording as food, serving as the food of); property, possessions (V.); object of enjoyment; pleasure; giving of food, feed ing; preparation of food, cookery: -kâla, m. meal-time; -bhânda, n. dish for food; -bhû mi, f. eating-place, dining-hall; -visesha, m. special kind of food, choice food, dainty, delicacy.
adjective feeding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
giving to eat (said of Śiva) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
voracious (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a meal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any object of enjoyment or the pleasure caused by it (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
anything enjoyed or used (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cooking (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dressing food (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
enjoyment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
feeding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
food (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
possession (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
property (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of eating (exceptionally with acc. of object) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of enjoying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of giving to eat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
using (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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