vikālabhojana

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀯𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀪𑁄𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• विकालभोजन (Devanagari script)
• ৰিকালভোজন (Bengali script)
• විකාලභොජන (Sinhalese script)
• ဝိကာလဘောဇန or ဝိၵႃလꧤေႃၹၼ (Burmese script)
• วิกาลโภชน or วิกาละโภชะนะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩥᨠᩣᩃᨽᩮᩣᨩᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ວິກາລໂຠຊນ or ວິກາລະໂຠຊະນະ (Lao script)
• វិកាលភោជន (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄨𑄇𑄂𑄣𑄞𑄮𑄎𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

vikāla (wrong time) +‎ bhojana (food)

Noun

vikālabhojana n

1. eating in the afternoon or at night, an activity forbidden to healthy Buddhist monks

Declension

Declension table of "vikālabhojana" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vikālabhojanaṃ	vikālabhojanāni
Accusative (second)	vikālabhojanaṃ	vikālabhojanāni
Instrumental (third)	vikālabhojanena	vikālabhojanehi or vikālabhojanebhi
Dative (fourth)	vikālabhojanassa or vikālabhojanāya or vikālabhojanatthaṃ	vikālabhojanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vikālabhojanasmā or vikālabhojanamhā or vikālabhojanā	vikālabhojanehi or vikālabhojanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vikālabhojanassa	vikālabhojanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vikālabhojanasmiṃ or vikālabhojanamhi or vikālabhojane	vikālabhojanesu
Vocative (calling)	vikālabhojana	vikālabhojanāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vikāla”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead