Abhojana: 11 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Abhojana (अभोजन):—Loss of appetite
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Abhojana (अभोजन).—Not eating, fasting, abstinence; त्रिरात्रं स्यादभोजनम् (trirātraṃ syādabhojanam) Manusmṛti 11.166.23.215.
Derivable forms: abhojanam (अभोजनम्).
Abhojana (अभोजन).—n.
(-naṃ) Abstinence, fasting. E. a neg. bhojana food.
Abhojana (अभोजन).—n. abstaining from food, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 166.
Abhojana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and bhojana (भोजन).
Abhojana (अभोजन).—[adjective] not eating, fasting.
1) Abhojana (अभोजन):—[=a-bhojana] [from a-bhoktṛ] n. not eating, fasting, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Manu-smṛti] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] n. [plural] idem, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Abhojana (अभोजन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) 1) Not eating, as a symptom of disease, caused by want of appetite &c.); e. g. Shādviṃśabr.: atha yadāsya prajayā paśuṣu śarīre vāriṣṭāni prādurbhavanti vyādhayo vā anekavidhā atisvapnamasvapnamatibhojanamabhojanamālasyaṃ vraṇamajīrṇanidrāṇyevamādīni tānyetāni sarvāṇi yamadevatyānyadbhutāni prāyaścittāni bhavanti . (Sāyaṇa: abhījanamarucyādinā).
2) Abstinence, fasting, as a religious act; e. g. Kātyāy. Śrautas.: abhojanaṃ tasyocchvāsāt; or as a penance (see prāyaścitta) for the expiation of sin; e. g. Manu: vedoditānāṃ nityānāṃ karmaṇāṃ samatikrame . snātakavratalope ca prāyaścittamabhojanam; or Bharadvāja: nirācārasya viprasya niṣiddhācaraṇasya ca . annaṃ bhuktvā dvijaḥ kuryāddinamekamabhojanam; (for the various modes of fasting, as practised in undergoing the penances prājāpatya, sāntapana, mahāsāntapana, atisāntapana, kṛcchraṃ, atikṛcchra, taptakṛcchra, pādakṛcchra, parāka, cāndrāyaṇa &c. see s. vv. and s. v. prāyaścitta). In the verse of Manu 8. 49. which describes the five different means by which a creditor may obtain payment of a debt (dharmeṇa vyavahāreṇa cchalenācaritena ca . prayuktaṃ sādhayedarthaṃ pañcamena balena ca) Kullūka interprets the term ācarita (Sir W. Jones and and Colebr. Dig. I. 339. ‘distress’) according to Vrihaspati: dāraputrapaśūṃhṛtvā kṛtvā dvāropaveśanam . yatrārthī dāpyaterthaṃ svaṃ tadācaritamucyate; Medhātithi however qualifies the ‘sitting at the debtor’s door’ by adding abhojana (viz. abhojanagṛhītadvāropaveśanam) and Vijnāneśvara when quoting this verse of Manu in the Mit. on Yājnav. (2. 40.) renders ācaritena (misprinted in the 4[to]) ed. acaritena) simply with abhojanena. (For this practice of fasting at the door of debtors which is familiar under the name of ‘sitting in Dherna’; comp. As. Res. Iv. p. 332.) E. a neg. and bhojana.
Abhojana (अभोजन):—(3. a + bho) n. das Nichtessen, das sich - Enthalten von Essen [ADBH. BR.] in [Ind. 1, 40, 3.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 14, 5, 20. 17, 3, 7. 25, 4, 5.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 166. 203. 215.]
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Abhojana (अभोजन):—pl. [Kathāsaritsāgara 73, 217. Z. 2 lies 14, 5, 22 Stenzler 14, 5, 20.]
Abhojana (अभोजन):—n. (auch Pl.) das Nichtessen , keine Nahrung zu sich Nehmen [Lāṭyāyana’s Śrautasūtra 8,8,40.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Pali-English dictionary
abhojana (အဘောဇန) [(na) (န)]—
[na+bhojana]
[န+ဘောဇန]
[Pali to Burmese]
abhojana—
(Burmese text): (က) မစားခြင်း၊ မစားဘဲ-နေခြင်း-ကျင့်ခြင်း။ (ခ) ဘောဇဉ်မဟုတ်သော-ဘောဇဉ်ငါးပါးတွင် မပါဝင်သော-အရာဝတ္ထု (နို့စသည်)။ (က) အဇဇ္ဇိတ-လည်းကြည့်။ (ခ) အဘောဇနတ္တ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (a) Not eating, living without eating - practice. (b) Objects that are not related to the market - things not included in the market (such as milk). (c) Also see Ajjatthika. (d) See Abhazane.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Bhojana, A, Na.
Starts with (+0): Abhojanabhilashi, Abhojanatta.
Full-text (+0): Abhojanatta, Anasakatta, Asakatta.
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