anna bhuj

 The correct Devanagari spelling is अन्न भुज for the two-word phrase and अन्नभुज् for the Sanskrit compound meaning “one who eats food.”

📘 Correct Devanagari Forms

• अन्न — anna, meaning “food, rice, nourishment”

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• भुज् — bhuj, a verbal root meaning “to eat, partake.”
• Together as a compound:
  अन्नभुज् — annabhuj, literally “food‑eating,” an epithet of Śiva and also used for “one who partakes of offerings”

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📝 Meaning and Usage

According to Sanskrit lexicons and Purāṇic references:

• अन्नभुज् is a tatpuruṣa compound formed from anna + bhuj

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• It means “eating food” or “one who partakes of offerings (havya and kavya)”

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• It appears in texts such as the Mahābhārata and Śivapurāṇa as a name of Śiva

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🔤 Notes on Writing

• The final ् (virāma) in भुज् indicates the absence of the inherent vowel a, which is standard when citing the verbal root or the compound ending

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• When written as two separate words for meaning rather than as a compound, you may write:
  अन्न भुज (without the final virāma), though the compound अन्नभुज् is the classical Sanskrit form.
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✅ Summary

If you want the Devanagari spelling of the phrase “anna bhuj,” use:

• अन्न भुज — phrase
• अन्नभुज् — classical Sanskrit compound meaning “food‑eater,” an epithet of Śiva

Annabhuj is a Sanskrit compound meaning “one who eats food” or 

“one who partakes of offerings,” and is used as an epithet of Śiva and,

more generally, of anyone who “eats good meals.”

Core Meaning

• Literal breakdown: anna (“food”) + bhuj (“to eat, partake, enjoy”)

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• Primary sense: “eating food,” “food‑eater,” “partaker.”
  This is the standard dictionary meaning in Sanskrit lexicons

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In Hindu Texts

• Purāṇic usage: In the Śivapurāṇa, annabhuj refers to Śiva as the one
• who partakes of offerings, specifically havya and kavya (oblations to 
• gods and ancestors)

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  → Here it means “the partaker of sacrificial offerings.”
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In Jyotiṣa (Vedic astrology)

• In Bṛhatsaṃhitā, annabhuj describes “those who eat good and sweet 
• meals” under the influence of Venus

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  → Meaning: “one who enjoys good food.”
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In Sanskrit Dictionaries

• Listed as:
  • “eating food” (general adjective)

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  • An epithet of Śiva

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  • Fire of digestion (metaphorical sense)

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Relation to bhuj

The second element bhuj is a Sanskrit root meaning:

• to eat, enjoy, partake (primary meaning here)

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• It can also mean “arm” in other contexts, but not in this compound.
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Summary

Annabhuj / Anna‑bhuj means:

• One who eats food
• One who partakes of offerings (especially Śiva)
• One who enjoys good meals (Jyotiṣa context)