Maṃsika [from maṃsa; cf. Sanskrit māṃsika] 1. a dealer in meat, meat-seller Miln 331. 2. in piṭṭhi° the °ka belongs to the whole compound, thus: one who is a backbiter, a slanderer Snp 244 (= piṭṭhi-maṃsa-khādaka Pj II 287). Similarly piṭṭhi-maṃsikatā (q.v.) Nidd II §391.
(adj, adj, from maṃsa) meat; flesh [lit.] related to meat Construction: maṃsa + ika