neuter
mamma m. N. of a man, Rājat.
a vital spot of the body; a nerve center
Mamma (neuter) [Vedic marman, from mr̥d] soft spot of the body, a vital spot (in the Vedas chiefly between the ribs near the heart), joint. A popular etymology and explanation of the word is given at Expositor 132, note 3 (on As 100). — Ja II 228; III 209; As 396. -ghaṭṭana hitting a vital spot (of speech, i.e. backbiting. Cf. piṭṭhi-maṃsika) Dhp-a IV 182; -chedaka breaking the joints (or ribs), violent (figurative of hard speech) Dhp-a I 75; As 100.
(nt, nt, from marati) vital spot; nerve centre; vulnerable point vital spot of the body, nerve centre [lit.] death Construction: √mar + ma