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### Āhāro

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The First Lesson
The Four Foods
[DN 33]
Digha Nikaya #33, pp288
PTS, T.W and C.A.F. Rhys Davids, trans., Dialogs of the Buddha III #33 pp 219
WP, Walshe, trans, The Long Discourses of the Buddha, #33, pp491
[AN 10.27 and 28]
PTS: The Book of the Gradual Sayings, V: The Book of the Tens, The Great Chapter, The Great Questions, Woodward, trans., pp36ff
[SN 2.12.11]
WP: The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: 2.12.11: Nutriment;

Pāḷi | MO | Hare | Horner | Punnaji | Bodhi | Nanamoli | Rhys Davids | (Mrs)Rhys Davids | Thanissaro | Walshe | Woodward
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Kaba'inkāra Āhāro | material food |  |  |  |  |  | solid, bodily | solid, bodily | physical food | Ordinary Food, real food, material food | solid food

Kaba'inkāra Āhāro:(kabala: a small piece, ball, of food, a mouthful) PED has food "made into a ball," i.e. eatable, material food. The idea here is easy enough (stuff people actually eat for nourishment), but finding a word for it is not. This term is further defined as "either o'āriko or sukhumo; gross or coarse, or subtle. And subtle here most likely applies to the food enjoyed by the gods as well as that enjoyed by man: in other words, it could also mean such food as being nourished on friendly vibrations and pitī or entheusiasm (although this might fall under the category of "sense stimulation" as food), or on scents as for some gods that reside nearby.

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