Bio-potential qua aliment- The first of the six types of Paryāpti (bio-potential);
the production of material potency, (as the very beginning of any birth (Bhava)), capable of functioning as in-take, transformation and giving up of alimentary matter.
āhārapajjatī ṇāma khalarasapariṇāmasattī.
(NandīCū p.22)
āhāraprāyogya-pudgala-grahaṇa-pariṇamanotsargarūpaṃ paudgalikasāmarthyotpādanam āhāraparyāptiḥ.
(Jaisidī 3.11 Vṛ)