Four nutriments for the maintenance of beings who have come into being or for the support of those in search of a place to be born. 1. Physical food, gross or refined 2. Contact 3. Intellectual intention 4. Consciousness (trans Thanissaro Bhikkhu) 1. Edible food, coarse and fine 2. Sense-impression 3. Volitional thought 4. Consciousness (trans. Nyanaponika Thera) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- References: SN 12.11 Ahara Sutta SN 12.63 Puttamansa Sutta SN 12.64 Atthi Raga Sutta