substantif (neutre) : nourriture, repas
bhojana （nt．） [fr．bhuñjati] food，meal，nourishment in general J．II，218; IV，103，173; J．I，178; IV，223; Sn．102，128，242，366，667; Dh．7，70; Pug．21，55; Miln．370; Vism．69，106; Sdhp．52，388，407．Some similes with bhojana see J．P．T．S．1907，119．–tika° food allowed for a triad （of reasons） Vin．II，196．dub° having little or bad food J．II，368; DhA．IV，8．paṇīta° choice & plentiful meals Vin．IV，88．sabhojane kule in the family in which a bhikkhu has received food Vin．IV，94．–bhojane mattaññu（tā） knowing proper measure in eating （& abstr．）; eating within bounds，one of the 4 restricttions of moral life S．II，218; A．I，113 sq．; Nd1 483．‹-› 5 bhojanāni or meals are given at Vin．IV，75，viz．niccabhatta°，salākabhatta°，pakkhikaṁ，uposathikaṁ，pāṭipadikaṁ．– As part of the regulations concerning food，hours of eating etc．in the Saṅgha there is a distinction ascribed to the Buddha between gaṇabhojanaṁ， parampara-bhojanaṁ， atirittabhojanaṁ， anatirittabhojanaṁ mentioned at Kvu II．552; see Vin．IV，71，77．All these ways of taking food are forbidden under ordinary circumstances，but allowed in the case of illness （gilāna-samaye），when robes are given to the Bhikkhus （cīvarasamaye） and several other occasions，as enumd at Vin．IV，74．– The distinction is made as follows：gaṇabhojanaṁ said when 4 bhikkhus are invited to partake together of one of the five foods; or food prepared as a joint meal Vin．IV，74; cp．II．196; V，128，135; paramparabhojanaṁ said when a bhikkhu，invited to partake of one of the 5 foods，first takes one and then another Vin．IV，78; atirittabhojanaṁ is food left over from that provided for a sick person，or too great a quantity offered on one occasion to bhikkhus （in this case permitted to be eaten） Vin．IV，82; anatirittabhojanaṁ is food that is not left over & is accepted & eaten by a bhikkhu without inquiry Vin．IV，84．–aggadāna gift of the best of food SnA 270．–atthika in need of food，hungry Pv．II，929．–pariyantika restricting one’s feeding Vism．69．–vikati at J．V，292 is to be read as bhājana° （q．v．）．