Visuddhimagga XIV-70

445. Ojālakkhaṇo kabaḷīkāro āhāro, rūpāharaṇaraso, upatthambhanapaccupaṭṭhāno, kabaḷaṃ katvā āharitabbavatthupadaṭṭhāno.
(二十四)「段食」──有滋养素的特相。有取色(与食者)的作用。以支持身体为现状。以作成一团团当取而食的食物为近因。
Ñ(XIV,70): 24. Physical nutriment has the characteristic of nutritive essence. Its function is to feed kinds of matter. It is manifested as consolidating. Its proximate cause is a physical basis that must be fed with physical food.


Yāya ojāya sattā yāpenti, tassā etaṃ adhivacanaṃ.
而此段食与维持有情的营养素是一同义语。
Ñ: It is a term for the nutritive essence by means of which living beings sustain themselves (cf. Dhs. §646).


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