annātṛ

 Annātṛ means “eater, one who eats food,” formed from anna (“food”) + the agentive suffix -tṛ (“doer”).

✅ Core meaning

Annātṛ (अन्नातृ) is a regular Sanskrit agent noun built from:

• anna — “food”
• -tṛ — an agentive suffix meaning “one who does X”

So annātṛ = ‘one who eats food’, ‘eater’, ‘consumer’.

This is the same productive formation seen in words like:

• kartṛ — “doer”
• bhoktṛ — “enjoyer, eater”
• dātṛ — “giver”

✅ Grammatical notes

• Masculine agent noun in -tṛ (nom. sg. annātā).
• Feminine form: annātrī.
• Meaning is literal and straightforward: “one who takes food.”

✅ Usage

You may encounter annātṛ in philosophical or ritual contexts where beings are classified as:

• annāda / annātṛ — “eaters of food”
• annamaya — “made of food”
• annabhuj — “food-eating”

✅ Distinguishing from similar words in the search results

The supplied results include anata, ānata, ananta, anātman, etc., but none of these relate to annātṛ:

• anata / ānata — “bent, bowed” or “not bent”

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• ananta — “endless”

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• anātman — “non-self”

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These are unrelated in meaning and etymology.

✅ Summary

annātṛ = eater, one who consumes food
A transparent agent noun from anna (“food”) + -tṛ (“doer”).