84000 Glossary of Terms

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དུས་སུ་རུང་བ། | Glossary of Terms

  • དུས་སུ་རུང་བ།

  • dus su rung ba
  • kālikāni
  • kālikaḥ
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  • food fit for a time
  • དུས་སུ་རུང་བ།
  • dus su rung ba
  • kālikāni
  • kālikaḥ
Definition in this text:

One of “the four medicines.” “Food fit for a time” is food eaten between dawn and noon, the appropriate time according to the monastic code. It refers mainly to maṇḍa (scum of boiled rice), odana (boiled rice gruel), kulmāsa (sour gruel), and māṃsapūpā (meat cake). It is medicinal in that it is primarily aimed at combating the “illness” of hunger. An acceptable form of medicine for a monk, as identified in the Four Supports section of the ordination ritual.