An acceptable form of food for a monk, as identified in the Four Supports section of the ordination ritual.

The sharing of merit as food, drink, etc. is offered to members of the saṅgha.

The food deposited (pāta) in a monastic’s alms bowl.

To receive food that is offered in a bowl to mendicants in order to accumulate merit. The Tibetan term can be literally understood as “merit equalizing.”