āhāra

Pali

Alternative forms

𑀆𑀳𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
आहार (Devanagari script)
আহার (Bengali script)
ආහාර (Sinhalese script)
အာဟာရ or ဢႃႁႃရ (Burmese script)
อาหาร or อาหาระ (Thai script)
ᩋᩣᩉᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
ອາຫາຣ or ອາຫາຣະ (Lao script)
អាហារ (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄂𑄦𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit आहार (āhāra).

Noun

āhāra m

district

'nutriment', 'food', is used in the concrete sense as material food and as such it belongs to derived corporeality (s. khandha, Summary I.) In the figurative sense, as 'foundation' or condition, it is one of the 24 conditions (paccaya, q.v.) and is used to denote 4 kinds of nutriment, which are material and mental: 1. material food (kabaliṅkārāhāra), 2. (sensorial and mental) impression (phassa), 3. mental volition (mano-sañcetanā), 4. consciousness (viññāṇa).1. Material food feeds the eightfold corporeality having nutrient essence as its 8th factor (i.e. the solid, liquid, heat, motion, color, odour, the tastable and nutrient essence; s. rūpa-kalāpa).2. Sensorial and mental impression is a condition for the 3 kinds of feeling (agreeable, disagreeable and indifferent); s. paṭiccasamuppāda (6).3. Mental volition (= kamma, q.v.) feeds rebirth; s. paṭiccasamuppāda (2).4. Consciousness feeds mind and corporeality ; nāma-rūpa; ib., 2) at the moment of conception" (Vis.M. XI).Literature (on the 4 Nutriments): M. 9 & Com. (tr. in 'R. Und.'), M 38; S. XII, 11, 63, 64 - The Four Nutriments of Life, Selected texts & Com. (WHEEL 105/106).

Declension

Declension table of "āhāra" (masculine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	āhāro	āhārā
Accusative (second)	āhāraṃ	āhāre
Instrumental (third)	āhārena	āhārehi or āhārebhi
Dative (fourth)	āhārassa or āhārāya or āhāratthaṃ	āhārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	āhārasmā or āhāramhā or āhārā	āhārehi or āhārebhi
Genitive (sixth)	āhārassa	āhārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	āhārasmiṃ or āhāramhi or āhāre	āhāresu
Vocative (calling)	āhāra	āhārā

Descendants

→ Burmese: အာဟာရ (ahara.)