Bhojaniya: 19 definitions
Introduction:
Bhojaniya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ganapatya (worship of Ganesha)
Bhojanīya (भोजनीय) refers to “one who has to be fed” (during the worship of Gaṇeśa), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.18 (“Gaṇeśa crowned as the chief of Gaṇas”).—Accordingly, as Śiva said to Gaṇeśa: “[...] Then the rites shall formally be dismissed. Then he shall remember Gaṇeśa. Thus the Vrata shall be concluded auspiciously. When thus the Vrata is duly completed in a year, the devotee shall perform the rite of formal dismissal for the completion of the Vrata. At my bidding twelve brahmins shall be fed (bhojanīya). After placing a jar your image shall be worshipped. [...]”.
Ganapatya (गाणपत्य, gāṇapatya) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Ganesha is revered and worshipped as the prime deity (ishta-devata). Being a minor though influential movement, Ganapatya evovled, llike Shaktism and Shaivism, as a separate movement leaving behind a large body of literature.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Bhojanīya (भोजनीय) or Bhojanīyadravya-ādi refers to one of the topics discussed in the Yogāmṛta, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 4 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The Yogāmṛta is a large Ayurvedic compilation dealing with the practice of medicine and therapeutics authored by Gopāla Sena, Kavirāja, of Dvārandhā. It is dated to the 18th century and contains 11,700 ślokas.—The catalogue includes the term—Bhojanīya-dravya-ādi-vidhāna in its subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: dinācārādhikāre,—bhojanīyadravyādividhānaṃ .
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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Bhojanīya (भोजनीय) refers to “delicious soft foods”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] Immediately after that, by the magical presence of the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja, the rain of all kinds of delicious hard foods, soft foods (khādanīya-bhojanīya), and soups poured down; the rain of all kinds of tasty beverages poured down to the depth of a chariot’s axle; the rain of many hundred thousand colors of clothes, which are pleasant to touch like the thin and soft cloth, poured down. Then, in this world system of three thousandfold worlds, all the wretched and poor, and all hungry ghosts were satisfied”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
bhojaniya : (adj.) fit to be eaten. (nt.), soft food.
Bhojaniya, Bhojanīya, Bhojaneyya (grd. of bhuj, Caus. bhojeti. Cp. bhuñjitabba) what may be eaten, eatable, food; fit or proper to eat.—bhojaniya: food Vin. IV, 92 (five foods: odana rice, kummāsa gruel, sattu meal, flour, maccha fish, maṃsa meat). Soft food, as distinguished from khādaniya hard food J. I, 90. See also khādaniya. bhojanīya: eatable S. I, 167, cp. pari°. bhojaneyya: fit to eat DA. I, 28; a° unfit to be eaten Sn. 81; J. V, 15. (Page 510)
bhojanīya (ဘောဇနီယ) [(na) (န)]—
[bhuja+anīya．bhuñjitabbantibhuñjanīyaṃ,bhojanīyaṃ．nirutti,nhā．523．]
[ဘုဇ+အနီယ။ ဘုဉ္ဇိတဗ္ဗန္တိဘုဉ္ဇနီယံ၊ ဘောဇနီယံ။ နိရုတ္တိ၊ နှာ။ ၅၂၃။]
[Pali to Burmese]
bhojanīya—
(Burmese text): စားဖွယ်၊ ဘောဇဉ်။
(Auto-Translation): Delicious, tempting.
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
bhōjanīya (भोजनीय).—a S (Proper or suitable) to be eaten, esculent, edible. 2 (Proper or suitable) to be enjoyed. 3 Popularly. Claiming to be fed or maintained;--as one's parents, children, household, Guru &c.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Bhojanīya (भोजनीय).—a. [bhuj anīyar]
1) Eatable, edible.
2) To be fed, nourished (dependants).
-yam Food.
Bhojanīya (भोजनीय).—nt. (= Pali id.), soft food; regularly [compound] or associated with khādanīya, hard food, q.v. for examples. Cf. also bhojya.
Bhojanīya (भोजनीय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) 1. To be enjoyed. 2. To be eaten. n.
(-yaṃ) Food. E. bhuj to enjoy, aff. anīyar .
Bhojanīya (भोजनीय).—[adjective] to be (being) eaten or fed; [neuter] food.
1) Bhojanīya (भोजनीय):—[from bhuj] a See p.767.
2) [from bhoga] b mfn. to be eaten, eatable (See n.)
3) [v.s. ...] ([from] [Causal]) to be fed, to be made to eat, [Manu-smṛti; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] one to whom enjoyment is to be afforded or service to be done, [Nirukta, by Yāska]
5) [v.s. ...] n. food ([especially] what is not masticated, as opp. to khādanīya), [Mahābhārata; Divyāvadāna]
6) [v.s. ...] sea salt, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Bhojanīya (भोजनीय):—[(yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a.] Enjoyable; edible. n. Food, sustenance.
Bhojanīya (भोजनीय):—(von 3. bhuj simpl. u. caus.) adj.
1) was gegessen wird; n. Speise: bhojanīyāni peyāni bhakṣyāṇi vividhāni ca . lehyānyamṛtakalpāni coṣyāṇi ca tathā [Mahābhārata 1, 6659.] ṛtuparṇasya cārthāya bhojanīyamanekaśaḥ . preṣitaṃ tatra rājñā tu māṃsaṃ bahu ca pāśavam .. [Nalopākhyāna 23, 9.] mṛta beim oder am Futter gestorben [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 23, 4, 22.] —
2) zu speisen, derjenige welchem man zu essen geben muss [Manu’s Gesetzbuch.3,124.] [Oxforder Handschriften 268,a,15.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 29,39.] —
3) derjenige welchem ein Genuss zu gewähren, ein Dienst zu leisten ist: te na gurorbhojanīyāḥ [Yāska’s Nirukta 2, 4.]
Bhojanīya (भोजनीय):—Adj. —
1) was gegessen wird ; n. Speise. —
2) zu speisen , dem man zu essen geben muss. —
3) dem ein Genuss zu gewähren ist , dem ein Dienst zu leisten ist.
Bhojanīya (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 正食 [zhèng shí]: “proper food”..
2) 食 [shí]: “eat”.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Bhojanīya (भोजनीय):—(a) eatable, fit to be eaten.
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Nepali dictionary
Bhojanīya (भोजनीय):—adj. edible; eatable; hygienic (of food);
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Aniya, Bhuja.
Starts with (+0): Bhojaniyadravya, Bhojaniyadravyadi, Bhojaniyamrita, Bhojaniyattha.
Full-text (+12): Sambhojaniya, Bhojaniyamrita, Rajabhojaniya, Vippakinnakhadaniyabhojaniya, Bhojaniyattha, Khadaniyabhojaniyadanavatthu, Pu shan ni, Tikabhojaniya, Khadaniya, Khadaniyabhojaniya, Bhojya, Pu du ni, Ban zhe pu du ni, She ye ni, Bhojaniyadravya, Bhojaneey, Abhojaniya, Er wu shi, Wu zhong zheng shi, Ban zhe pu shan ni.
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