ان

अन्न anna, ann, and H. अन an (lit. 'eaten,' from rt. ad), s.m. Food, nourishment, victuals, bread; grain, corn; boiled rice:—ann-āhārī, adj. & s.m. Eating food;—food-eater; rice-eater:—ann-pānī, an-pān, s.m.=ann-jal, q.v.:—annprāsan (S. anna-prāśana), s.m. The ceremony of making a child taste rice boiled in milk (or khīr) for the first time (=khīr ćaṭānā)—which is usually done between the fifth and eighth month):—ann-pūrṇā, s.f. Satiety;—name of a goddess, the Ceres of Hindūmythology:—annjal, s.m. Food and water, victuals; subsistence, maintenance;—ann-jal karnā, ann-jal-pān karnā, v.n. To eat and drink, to take food, make a meal:—ann-dātā, s.m. Food-giver, provider, supporter; benefactor, patron; employer, master, lord:—ann-dās, s.m. Rice-eater:—ann-dāyak, s.m.=ann-dātā, q.v.:—ann-dhan, s.m. Grain and wealth, wealth both in grain and other property; corn and cattle; affluence, competency:—annras, s.m. Chyle:—ann-kākīṛā, s.m. lit. 'Grainworm'; (met.) man. cf. anāj-kākīṛā:—ann-kāl, s.m. Harvest-time:—ann-kūṭ, an-kuṭ, s.m. A festival celebrated by the Hindūs (in commemoration of Krishna's sacrifice) on the day following the Dīwālīby the offering of a large quantity of mixed meats in a temple dedicated to Vishnu. (A morsel of this mess is given by the officiating priest to each worshipper, who finds therein some special article of food from which he or she had vowed temporarily to abstain in the hope of obtaining some desired blessing):—ann na bhānā, v.n. To derive no pleasure from food, to be indifferent, or averse, to food:—ann-hīn, adj. Destitute of food, or of subsistence; needy.