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āhārā

āhāra

masc nom pl of āhāra (noun); masc instr sg of āhāra (noun); masc abl sg of āhāra (noun); masc voc sg of āhāra (noun); …

1. food (for); fuel (for); sustenance (for); nutriment (for); (comm) condition; lit. taking here
2. eating; taking; feeding on; lit. taking here
3. quotation; lit. taking here

Etymology. ā + √har > hār + *a; from √har 'take, seize'; Sanskrit āhāra [āhṛ]

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

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