Bhakkha ( -- ˚) (adj.) [fr. bhakṣ] 1. eating, feeding on D iii.41 (sāka˚ etc.); S i.69 (pahūta˚ voracious, of fire), 238 (kodha˚); Pv i.91 (lohita -- pubba˚); Pug 55 (tiṇa˚); Sdhp 388 (tiṇa˚). -- 2. eatable, to be eaten; nt. ˚ŋ food, prey, in cpd. appa -- bhakkha offering no food Vv 843 (appodaka+). -- pl. also bhakkhā(eatables) J ii.14; iv.241 (similar context; =bhojana C.); Pv ii.941 (=āhārā PvA 129). It is to be pointed out that bhakkhā occurs in poetry, in stock phrase "dibbā bhakkhā pātubhavanti"; cp. Vedic bhakṣa (m) feeding, partaking of food, esp. drink (of Soma), thus something extraordinary.