आहार [āhāra] a. a. (रा or री f.)
Bringing near, procuring, getting; भाराहारः कार्यवशात्
[Sk.] Going to fetch; अयं गच्छति भर्ता मे फलाहारो महावनम्
[Mb.3.296.23.] रः Taking, fetching, or bringing near; निर्गतस्तु पुराद्वीरो भक्ष्याहारप्रचोदितः
[Rām.7.68.2.] Employing, using.
Taking food.
Food; (आहरन्ति रसमस्मादित्याहारः Sk.); ˚वृत्तिमकरोत् Pt.1 took his dinner; फलाहार, ˚वृत्तिः means of livelihood; भैक्षाहारः living on alms; यवाहार, निराहार &c. -Comp.
-अर्थिन् a. a. begging or seeking for food.
-तेजस् Quicksilver.
-निःसरणमार्गः the posterior part, passage of voiding excrements.
पाकः cooking.
digestion (of food).
-विरहः want of food, privation, starvation.-संभवः the juice of the body, chyle, lymph.