“eating”, food, esp. boiled rice, but includes all that is eaten as food, viz. odana, kummāsa, sattu, maccha, maṃsa (rice gruel, flour, fish, meat) Mnd.372 = Mnd.495. Anna is spelt aṇṇa in combinations apar’ aṇṇa and pubb’ aṇṇa. Under dhañña (Cnd.314) are distinguished 2 kinds, viz. raw, natural cereals (pubb’ aṇṇaṃ: sāli, vīhi, yava, godhūma, kangu varaka, kudrūsaka) and boiled, prepared food (apar’ aṇṇaṃ sūpeyya curry). Snp-a.378 (on Snp.403) explains anna by yāgubhattâdi
■ DN.i.7; AN.i.107, AN.i.132; AN.ii.70, AN.ii.85, AN.ii.203; Snp.82, Snp.240, Snp.403, Snp.924; Ja.iii.190; Pp.51; Sdhp.106, Sdhp.214.

• -āpa food & water Sdhp.100;
• -da giving food Snp.297;
• -pāna food & water, eating & drinking, to eat & to drink Snp.485 Snp.487 Pv.i.5#2 Pv.i.8#2; Kp-a.207, Kp-a.209 Pv-a.7 Pv-a.8 Pv-a.30 Pv-a.31 Pv-a.43

Vedic anna, orig. pp. of adati to eat