bhakta (11100)

bhakta
Entry 11100, Page 404, Col. 1

(Bakta, Bakta)
bhakta¦, nt. (Skt.) food, is occasionally used instead of bhojya of specifically soft food, in contrast with khādya or khajja, hard food; so in Mv iii.39.4 bhakta-khajjam, see khajja; and more clearly iii.15.9 (tasya prabhūtaṃ [Page404-1b+ 4] khādya-bhojyaṃ) dinnaṃ, mahantaṃ gopiṭakaṃ khajja- kasya, mahatī ca alindā bhaktasya…, which is resumed below, l. 12, by taṃ khajjakasya gopiṭakaṃ ekadukāye sarvam khāditaṃ, sā ca odanasya mahatī alindā…Here [Page405-a+ 71] it is obvious that bhakta is not only contrasted with khajjaka but identified with odana, which is regularly the food put in an alindā or °da, q.v.