Abhaksya and abhojya: an exploration in dietary language.(dharma literature of India): An article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society

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From the author: This paper focuses on two terms relating to food proscriptions in the dharma literature, abhaksya and abhojya, two words that underwent significant semantic developments and assumed technical meanings. A close reading of the literature permits us to draw the following conclusions. Abhaksya refers to items of food, both animals and vegetables, that are completely forbidden; generally the term refers to food sources rather than cooked food served at a meal. Abhojya, on the other hand, refers to food that is normally permitted but due to some supervening circumstances has become unfit to be eaten. This term takes on a secondary meaning referring not directly to food but to a person whose food one is not permitted to eat.

Citation Details
Title: Abhaksya and abhojya: an exploration in dietary language.(dharma literature of India)
Author: Patrick Olivelle
Publication:The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2002
Publisher: American Oriental Society
Volume: 122 Issue: 2 Page: 345(10)

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