成唯識論演祕 4.8

4.8

Being an object that can generate contact-nutriment among the four, the cause is named after the fruit and called contact-nutriment. According to the Sarvāstivāda school, when it has not yet transformed and broken down at first, it can also be called nutriment, because it removes hunger and thirst. Thus the Mahāvibhāṣā says: 'Nutriment performs the function of nutriment at two times, and at both it is called nutriment: first, at the time of initial eating, it can remove hunger and thirst; second, after digestion, it sustains the faculties and great elements.' An opinion holds: In Mahāyāna, in actual principle, initial eating can remove hunger and thirst and may also be called nutriment, the meaning being the same as the Sarvāstivāda school; the Yogācārabhūmi and Abhidharmasamuccaya-bhāṣya speak only of superior nutriment, saying that it is called nutriment at the time of transformation and breakdown.