[ad-kta; anityanena, an-nan;] according to Yāska, from ad, adyate atti ca bhūtāni; or from ā-nam, ā ā- bhimukhyena hyetannataṃ prahvībhūtaṃ bhavati bhojanāya bhū- tānāṃ] 1 Food (in general); adyate'tti ca bhūtāni tasmādannaṃ taducyate Tait. Up.; me- do'sṛṅmāṃsamajjāsthi vadaṃtyannaṃ manīṣiṇaḥ Ms. 3. 182; ahamannaṃ bhavānbhoktā H. 1. 54 I am your prey &c.; carāṇāmannamacarāḥ Ms. 5. 29.

2 Food as representing the...